The Mother
Received The Gift With Great Joy, And Falling Immediately On Her
Knees, Applied The Turf To Her Mouth And Eyes; And Thus, Through The
Merits Of The Holy Man, And Her Own Faith And Devotion, Recovered
The Blessing Of Sight, Which She Had Entirely Lost.
The inhabitants of this province derived their origin from Flanders,
and were sent by king Henry I. to inhabit
These districts; a people
brave and robust, ever most hostile to the Welsh; a people, I say,
well versed in commerce and woollen manufactories; a people anxious
to seek gain by sea or land, in defiance of fatigue and danger; a
hardy race, equally fitted for the plough or the sword; a people
brave and happy, if Wales (as it ought to have been) had been dear
to its sovereign, and had not so frequently experienced the
vindictive resentment and ill-treatment of its governors.
A circumstance happened in the castle of Haverford during our time,
which ought not to be omitted. A famous robber was fettered and
confined in one of its towers, and was often visited by three boys,
the son of the earl of Clare, and two others, one of whom was son of
the lord of the castle, and the other his grandson, sent thither for
their education, and who applied to him for arrows, with which he
used to supply them. One day, at the request of the children, the
robber, being brought from his dungeon, took advantage of the
absence of the gaoler, closed the door, and shut himself up with the
boys.
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