Children of the New Forest [antikvár]

One THE KING ESCAPES ÍA. Nearly three hundred years ago, the people of tengland rose and fought against their king, Charles Ithe First. In the end they won a great battle at ÍNaseby, made him a prisoner, and förmed a new igovernment. F Among the friends of King Charles who died ífighting bravely at Naseby was a certain Colonel1 [Beverley. His home was at Arnwood, in the New Forest, in the South of England. When poor [Mrs. Beverley heard that her husband was dead, she became so sad and ill that she alsó died very soon after him. Colonel Beverley and his wife had four children, Edward, Humphrey, Alice and Edith. Edward was fourteen years of age, Humphrey twelve, Alice eleven, and Edith eight. B. England was then not a happy place for the friends of the King who had fought on his side. Their lands and houses and riches were taken from them. Many of them left their homes and went over the sea to other countries. Thus when their mother died, the foür children were left without anyone to take care of them, except an old servant, Jacob Armitage. Most of Colonel Beverley's other 1 Colonel = A man who commands about a thousand men in the army.