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THE SWORDS OF u1sroRY Tho
j following are the six famous swords OF
history with renowned names: |
! 1--Excalibur. Sec history of Prince
! Arthur, L., 5. .. .u
Q. -.msar's sword, called "Crocca
Mors" yellow DeatM. See Com
, mcntarics, Book w., 4.
> 3-Thc sword Of Charlcmagnc,
: called "Joveusc," made by CALAIS. 1t
: is said that it took him three years to
make it. .l-..
4-Thc sword Of Edward the Con-
lessor, called "Curtanas' Ohc cutter),
blunt sword Of state, carried b1fo.
= the sovcrcigus oilIigihnd attleir 'oro-
1 Ination, emblematic of mercy.
7 l5-The sword of Cid. called "Cola-
4 da." his sw,rl was first known as
II the sword Of Mudarra. 1t was given
u ito him by Ills father when he went
y Etorth to avcngc & gross insult offered
lt to his parent by the Count Don Gomez
l. Ede Lozano, Lord of Gomaz. See
le lSouthcy's ''Book Of the Cid"
III 6-The sword OF Hector, called
y I"Durindana, "and said to be still pre-
=, served at RoGamsadour, IN france.
9 athe e sWord Snord Of &c Goliath and the Swoli
n of Gideon,n from, the Scripture. ~ :d4
!n There arc also a large number o
III swords mentioned III legends and his
IN tory, some which might Bc .Sountc'
eh celebrated, among them tho following
81. Mahomct had.four: "Dhu Eakar
a (tho trcnchantY; "Al Battar'i 9Th
,ea ,er bcatcr) ;"Mcdlam" (thc kecn),, an
nn stHalef7'i (thoi deadly oio ,.,i,a, b'ss e,ls
IN Hnce l.. / of, Norwav,, had, a rswor
0%$s called the Quern Bitter" foot breadth
49,. 49,, Wicland,H known as "the III diyiI
~ blacksmith iii the Niebelnngeil- = Lie
~; ny made several. The names arc as fc
civ civ lows' rBalmung," "Grapll,"'' HS'rlasi Hrlast
th4e bcrgc." @vNA, g~urny 8,
}he I'm called "Wclsung" ,,, ".l, l,.ttli
sne gne Whoever limited tho "celels,
elo swords" to six ovcrdid the bube
4aa ~. for if the Legends of Europe ar
~ ~ counted in, there are ut least
,ro. g. .,,,,.,, " ,.,::--w Ouch
the EppYsToNE L1GIIIr1Io oUsEsa from
EN- ess Of 'Ediiibdrgh was py3e, EDDY
ous laying tho corner-stoneiay by the
&C. stone Lighthouse the oys odidn OBJ
Storm Old Neptune :c of engi-[
ATTIC jcctto that paritiicule' he, forever I
tate neoring. 1n4liisJ sNouse randlyits
ties, DClrlSQ~ GllC !illsC LVSoj fsn>A' oSoA |
, al builder beneath tlidermining, the
for since he has represent tower.,f
- foundations ofe first Eddystone
ival- Winstanley blt, and with it. was
and Lighthouse ofb,Aerribles storm of
;tiom engulfed lurkT This storm was
! ca November 2fharful and fatal that
finn- perhaps the III! Twelve men-of-
: S''' ever visited Stheir crews Of two
,;dod yvar were tX;Wncd within sightof
,,vite @ thousand .aast. s. Lii !. ono county
SIN. thc EnB@n thousand trees were
4 I'D (Kent);%sroots, while in another
: 80 s& torn uHn thousand sheep were
afssa count }and lost. Eight thous-
eSStS, ,eaSsat,, VASE were drowned by the
'SiHS S1fEo andS5 Thames, Severn and other
,a;oHv - flo %fvers, and theG damage in
,oo 20 iont E salone amounted to several
s''1ISyiD' RSpounds sterling. It,nis. little
,ssya, 3 M Az. therefore, that 'Wiustanlcy's
\ Hnr. WHphth9use, Was swept away,
seases ease ,sond lighthoyMsa wa, of wood,
mi.sa:, rts = Nv opposite metly yod # making Its
'rsF + .s8dwas Destroyed BY ,s,dre after
~ .SSSp q light for forty tsey q gears.
" IS&eohn Sneato1 builtt the. .pieaent
q soEs;ows@ S which, has stood for oveS,
TOO ISSsiilrsede "a yen 's. sIt is rather GU
lSSXHsgss fact that mono of the builders Of
JsRddystone lighthouses were prac-
JlgtDk engineers. Winstanloy was
4 Ijcountry gentlemaif,D Rudyerd wass a
4 silk mercer and Smeaton Was an ii-
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