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VHE PRINCE OF WALES.

manner h which the heir to the English crown first
obtained the title Of Prince Of Wales and the history
Of each Who bore It ia former tRes.
Wales IS no doubt majority Of our readers are
aware was first annexed to the crown of England
by Edward l. That great but anprinc'pled ana
sanguinary monarch saw with more clearness than
any of his predecessors had done the great advan.
taees to be derived from the union Of the three
Kingdoms constituting the island of Great Britain
under oae head, and determined, if possible to ac
complish it In the very beginning of his reign he
sought Quarrel with Llewellyn, and Sovereign of
Wales, who had favored the faction of De MonfoIt,
and under pretence of REFRESHING certain disorders
on the frontier marched an army into his country.
Not liking to reduce brave enemy to despair, he
posted this army in such manner as to cut off the
Welsh from the valleys and shut them up in their
mountains, where they were reduced to the verge
of starvation. The unfortunate Llewellyn submitted
and swore eaty to the conqueror who left garrlsons
in all the strong places, and returned home. As,
probably, he expected the insolence and exactions
Of the English soon occasioned revolt whereupon
he returned, defeated the insurgents in battle in
which Llewellyn was slain, chased his brother and
heir, David, from mountain to another, finally
got possession Of his person, tried him and hung
him. although he was q sovereign prince. Knowing
what powerful effect the bards Of a rude and war
like country are capable of producing, he hunted
down and murdered all those of Wales. The tradl-
ton is that he next assembled the Welsh, aud told
them that he would give them Prince born in their
own country, who could speak nothing else but
Welsh and that he redeemed his promise by creating
his own son-afterwards the unfortunate Edward
H., who was an infant of a few days old, and had
actually first seen the light in the castle of Caenar
von-Prince of Wales. His eldest son, Alphonzo
died short time after, and Edward becoming heir
apparent, the princpality of Wales was annexed to
the crown and from that time gave title to the
King of Euglands oldest son. These events hap
pened 1880 to 1885.
The life of the first Prince of Wales was in no
way distinguished, while he still bore that title
After his accession to the throne he became, as Ed
ward H., the most unfortunate Prince that sat
upon a throne Weak, effeminate, and not at all
warlke he gave himself up to favorites, and reused
the hatred Of the fierce barons who had been kept
in Subsection by the stern rule of his father. He
greatly added to the odum of his reign by his loss
of the battle of Bannockburn, and from that mo-
ment his kingdom was more than ever the prey of
faction. At last his wife conspred against him, and
leaving England on visit to her brother, the King
of France, she carried with her her son, the young
Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward ILL.,, and
fused to return with him until her husband would
consent to Danish his vorites the Spencers. Being
entirely under the influence of Mortimer, she made
reinforcement of her husband, who vas subsequently
murdered with unheard of barbarity in the Castle
of Berkcly.
The third Prince of Wales was Edward the Black
Prince, still fondly remembered IN England as the
pride Of chivalry and the glory Of the nation This
brave Prince won his spurs at Cressy, and himself
gained victory second only to Greasy, at Poicters
He died before his father, regretted by the whole
English nation. 1t is melancholy to think that the
disease which occasoned his death, was brought on
by arduous toll in a campaign undertaken to restore
to his throne which he had forfeited by unheard of
atrocities, Of the worst tyrants of whom history
makes mention-namely, Peter, King Of CASTLE,
stigmatized as Peter the Cruel. The Black Prince
died in 1875, in the 46th year of his age He was
not less renowned for his valor as knight and his
skill General, than for the quality of states
manship, at that time little known in Europe, but
abundantly manifested by him in his long govern
ment of Gimme. He was generous, affable moder-
ate and humane to degree that gained him the
affections of all over whom be ruled He would
have been great Prince in any age. He was
prodigy in that in which he lived
The fourth Prince of Wales was the son of the
Black Prince, afterwards the unhappy Richard II.
The fifth was Harry of Monmouth the HAL Of
Shakespeare, whose pen has contributed far more to
make him live in our memory than the battle of
Agncourt which, by-the-by, he did not gain until
after he became King Henry the " Who is it that
is not acquainted personally, as it were and most
Familiarity, with the Mad Prince, the companion Of
Poins and Falstaf, the guest of Dame Quckley at
the Bears Head Tavern, Eastcheap, the amateur
highwayman, the lad of thousand whns, oddities,
pranks and practical jokes? He ceased to be Prince
of Wales by becoming King of England, about the
year 14l2.
The sixth Prince of Wales was Henry, son of
Henry V. lie was but nine months old when he
became King, by the death of his father under the
designation of Henry vi. His reign was one of the
longest and most uniformly disastrous in the annals
of Great Britain.
The seventh Prince was that unfortunate Edward
son OF Henry, who was carried out of the Kingdom
by his mother-Margaret of Anjou-when she fed
from the bloody field of Hexham, and returned to
meet bloody grave on the plains of Tewksbury,
when he was yet only nineteen years of age 1t
has been made subject of discussion whether he
was actually murdered by the Duke of Clarence and
his associates after surrenderng, or whether he was
killed in the battle At any rate there was an end
of him. He was betrothed if not actually married,
to the lady Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl Of
Warwick the Last of the Barons," as Bulwer de.
signates him; the liking Maker" as he is known in
history. He died in l471. romantic incident is
related of him and his mother Margaret of Anjou
1t Is said that when they were flying from the field
ol HeAnaln, tney mad to pass through a wood, in
the night, where they were attacked by robbers
and Margaret plundcred Of all her Jewels which
were considerable. While the robbers were quar-
relling over the spoils, Margaret with her son. es
capped into thicket where she concealed hersel
and him. Presently she saw robber approachin:
her with drawn sword, when, hoping to avert tn,
danger by advancing half way to meet it, she ap
preached him and presenting the Prince said, 'here
my friend, commit to your care the safety of you
Kings son." The man, it is added, struck by he
courage, devoted himself to her services and assist
ed to get her to the sea Shore
The unfortunate son of Edward w., who wa
murdered in the tower by his uncle, the Duke g
Gloucester, to obtain his throne, was the eight
Prince of Wales
The ninth was he who was afterwards calle
bluff King Hal" and Henry VIII. He was ia
nous enough as King, but as Prince of Wales h
was mere cypher. lie became King in 1909
The tenth was Edward his son, who afterward
became King Edward VI, and died while yet ner
boy, In 1862.
Mary had no children, and Elizabeth was wi,
gin Queen" Great Britain, therefore, had no Prime
of Wales until the advent Of 'gentle King Jamie,
when Prince Henry, after whom the country {
Henrico is named became the eleventh He wa,