Children of the New Forest [antikvár]

One THE KING ESCAPES A. Nearly three hundred years ago, the people of England rose and fought against their king, Charles the First. In the end they won a great battle at Naseby, made him a prisoner, and formed a new government. Among the friends of King Charles who died fighting bravely at Naseby was a certain Colonel'^ Beverley. His home was at Amwood, 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 also 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 four children were left without anyone to take care of them, except an old servant, Jacob Armitage. Most of Colonel Beverley's other ^ Colonel = A man who commands about a thousand men in the army.