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But," he added, raising his form, and, with a dread calm on his brow, "but the love of a king brooks no thought of dishonour; and she who hath laid her head on his breast should sleep in his grave." "Thou wilt outlive me," said Gryffyth, abruptly. "This carn be my tomb!" "And if so," said the bard, "thou shalt sleep not alone.
The Earl beheld the coming foe, wheeling round, as the hawk on the heron; halted, drew up his few men in a semicircle, with their large shields as a rampart, and their levelled spears as a palisade; and before them all, as a tower, stood Harold with his axe. In a minute more he was surrounded; and through the rain of javelins that poured upon him, hissed and glittered the sword of Gryffyth.
With all his hot errors, the claims of no other Earl, whether from his own capacities or his father's services, were so strong; and his election probably saved the state from a great danger, in the results of that angry mood and that irritated ambition with which he had thrown himself into the arms of England's most valiant aggressor, Gryffyth, King of North Wales.
"Tut, Meredydd," answered Algar, "thou knowest well that no Cymrian ever deems himself dishonoured by breaking faith with the Saxon; and we shall yet see the lions of Gryffyth scaring the sheepfolds of Hereford." "So be it," said Meredydd, fiercely. "And Harold shall give to his Atheling the Saxon land, shorn at least of the Cymrian kingdom."
In a few moments one of the Welch scouts came into the enclosure, and the chiefs of the royal tribes followed him to the carn on which the King stood. "Of what tellest thou?" said Gryffyth, resuming on the instant all the royalty of his bearing. "At the mouth of the pass," said the scout, kneeling, "there are a monk bearing the holy rood, and a chief, unarmed.
And I, as King of England, will set all Cymry free, and restore to the realm of Gryffyth the shires of Hereford and Worcester. Ride fast, O Meredydd, and heed well all I have said." "Dost thou promise and swear, that wert thou king of England, Cymry should be free from all service?" "Free as air, free as under Arthur and Uther: I swear it.
Morcar, the bold son of Algar, was already proclaimed, by the rebels, Earl of Northumbria; the shires of Nottingham, Derby, and Lincoln, had poured forth their hardy Dane populations on his behalf. All Mercia was in arms under his brother Edwin; and many of the Cymrian chiefs had already joined the ally of the butchered Gryffyth.
Aldyth gave me this ring on parting; and I bade her tell Gryffyth that whenever, at the hour of his last peril and sorest need, I sent that ring back to him, he might hold it the pledge of his life." "Is this lady, think you, in the stronghold with her lord?" "I am not sure, but I fear yes," answered Harold. "Yet one word: And if Gryffyth refuse, despite all warning?" Harold's eyes drooped.
And I, as King of England, will set all Cymry free, and restore to the realm of Gryffyth the shires of Hereford and Worcester. Ride fast, O Meredydd, and heed well all I have said." "Dost thou promise and swear, that wert thou king of England, Cymry should be free from all service?" "Free as air, free as under Arthur and Uther: I swear it.
So there he stood; his attendants ghastly with famine, drawn up on the unequal ground; above, on the heights, and rising from the stone crags, long lines of spears artfully placed; and, watching him with deathful eyes, somewhat in his rear, the Traitor Three. "Speak, father, or chief," said the Welch King in his native tongue; "what would Harold the Earl of Gryffyth the King?"
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