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But the chief himself would have nothing to do with king-making, declaring himself for that monarch, and no other, who gave the Laird of Mac 'half-a-guinea the day and half-a-guinea the morn.
This was the end of his time-serving and king-making. And he said many prayers, and beat his breast; and then called to his chaplain for blankets, for he was very cold. "I have slain my own sheep!" he moaned, "slain my own sheep!" His chaplain hapt him up in bed, and looked out of the window at the fight. There was no lull, neither was there any great advantage on either side.
The king-making Earl of Warwick the Cromwell of his day dethroned him more than once; but he had the hearts of the merry dames of London, and the purses and veins of the cockneys bled freely, till they brought him home again.
The base and feeble remains of legitimacy seemed to die away of its own weakness, and the despised younger son of the king-making vizier soon reigned supreme at Cabool. Let us note that this was in 1826. The new king, says Mr Kaye, 'had hitherto lived the life of a dissolute soldier.
But the chief himself would have nothing to do with king-making, declaring himself for that monarch, and no other, who gave the Laird of Mac 'half-a-guinea the day and half-a-guinea the morn.
"The responsibility of king-making is a hard one!" A sudden thought struck him. "She spoke warmly about the proposed war; could that be at the root of her strange change of heart? After all, she is a woman, and with all her fine, true temper she has a gentle heart. To her the death of a few thousands of her subjects may not outweigh the unhappiness that millions are now experiencing.
Now as to the fashion of our king-making: If our king dieth and leaveth an heir male, begotten of his body, then is he king after him; but if he die and leave no heir, then send we out a great lord, with knights and sergeants, to that pass of the mountain whereto ye came yesterday; and the first man that cometh unto them, they take and lead to the city, as they did with thee, lord.
So there was no man in all the host who was not content; and that was the second king-making of Havelok, as it were, for now there was no man against him. The hosts were disbanded then and there, and we went that day to Hodulf's town, and took possession of all that had been in his hands.
But the chief himself would have nothing to do with king-making, declaring himself for that monarch, and no other, who gave the Laird of Mac 'half a guinea the day, and half a guinea the morn.
Hard words to a good old man; but there were plenty of others who deserved them. That was the end of the hierarchy in Sweden. But not of the unruly peasants who had tasted the joys of king-making. How kindly they took to the Reformation at the outset one can judge from the demand of some of them that the King should "burn or otherwise kill such as ate meat on Friday."
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