قراءة كتاب True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Pictures and Stories for Little Folk

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True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Pictures and Stories for Little Folk

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The Men of Calais Are Spared° 46 Wat Tyler° 47 Young King Richard Quells the Rebellion 49 Bruce Watching the Spider 51 Richard Lion Heart Fighting in the Holy Land 52 Blondel Sings Beneath Richard's Window 54 Prince William Returns to Save His Sister 56 Joan at the Head of the Army 58 Afloat with a Tiger° 60 The Robbers Discover Queen Margaret and the Prince 64 The Robber Brings Help to Queen Margaret 66 Caxton in His Printing Shop 68 Sir Philip Sidney° 69 Martyred for Praying° 70 Sir Philip Sidney and the Dying Soldier 72 Death of Sir Richard Grenville° 74 The Pilgrim Fathers Entering the New World 76 The Arrest of Guy Fawkes 78 Cromwell Leads His Ironsides to Battle 80 Drake is told that the Armada is Approaching 82 The Little "Revenge" Fights Fifty Spanish Galleons 83 The Countess Receives the Banners 85 Cloudsey Shoots an Apple from the Head of His Son° 87 Raleigh Spreads His Cloak Before Elizabeth 89

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King Charles in Hiding

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King Charles in Hiding

The Royal Oak

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There is in Shropshire a fine oak-tree which the country people there call the "Royal Oak". They say it is the great-grandson, or perhaps the great-great-grandson of another fine old oak, which more than two hundred years ago stood on the same spot, and served once as a shelter to an English king. This king was Charles II, the son of the unlucky Charles I who had his head cut off by his subjects because he was a weak and selfish ruler.

On the very day on which that unhappy king lost his head, the Parliament passed a law forbidding anyone to make his son, Prince Charles of Wales, or any other person, king of England. But the Scottish people did not obey this law. They persuaded the young prince to sign a paper, solemnly promising to rule the country as they wished; then they crowned him king. As soon as the

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