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The Britons founded the Druids. They ust to hold religious services
out of doors.
The Druids were supposed to be Roman Catholicks.
The Crusaders were fanatics who fought in tournaments.
The Habeas Corpus Act said that a body whether alive or dead could
be produced in court.
Alfred the Great reigned 872 years. He was distinguished for letting
some buckwheat cakes burn and the lady scolded him.
Rufus was named William on account of his red hair. He established
the curfew fire bell.
William the Conqueror was the first of the Mormons.
Edward the black Prince was famous for founding chivalry.
Chivalry is a fight on horseback between two horsemen in an open
plain.
A night errant is a man who goes around in the night in search of
adventures.
The Middle Ages come in between antiquity and posterity.
The War of the Roses was between the white and the red.
Henry Eight was famous for being a great widower having lost
several wives.
Lady Jane Grey studied Greek and Latin and was beheaded after a
few days.
Queen Mary married the Dolphin.
Elizabeth was called the Virgin queen because of her many
accomplishments and she had a great many fine dresses.
The unfortunate Charles First was executed and after he was
beheaded he held it up exclaiming Behold the head of a trater!
Cromwell was only a parallel with Bonaparte.
Queen Victoria was the 4th son of George Third the Duke of Kent.
John Bright is noted for an incurable disease.
Lord James Gordon Bennett instigated the Gordon Riots.

(French.)
Joan of Arc lived in New Orleans where she was discovered and
burned by the British.

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