The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-01-25

ed feet at Fife, in Scotland, and
threatened to take possession of the
province. AS the king was too old
to command the army and his sons
were too young, he gave the com
mand of the army to one Of his rela-
tives, Macbeth. He was a brave
soldier, and put himself at the
head of the Scottish army and march
ed against the invaders. In the bat
tie which followed the Danes were
defeated. After his return home he
was made SO much of that at last he
determined to kill the king and take
the throne. Having invited the king
to his castle shortly after this, he
slew him. When King Duncan's
sons heard that their father was slain
by Macbeth, they fed from Scotland.
The eldest son went to the court of
Edward the Confessor, who reigned
at that time in England, soliciting
aid to recover the Scottish throne.
King Edward fitted out large force
| and assisted Prince Malcolm to re-
cover his fathers crown. The con-
duct Of Edward the CQnfessQr, King
of England, III The story Of Macbeth,
is very generous and nobis' King
Edward was succeeded by ling
called Harold, who was the last mon'
arch of the Saxon race that ever
reigned in England The Saxons
had conquered the Britons, and now
the Normans came from the north
ern part of France to conquer the
Saxons.
William, Duke of Normandy, leader
of these valiant people, pretending
that Edward the Confessor had made
him his heir, determined to go over
to England and seize the throne.
King Harold, who had succeeded
Edward the Confessor on the throne
of England, was in the North quell-
ing an invasion of the Norwegians;
therefore he was taken at disadvan-
tage. The two armies engaged in a !
desperate battle near Hastings, Oct. |
IA, 1905. The Normans were victor
ious and King Harold was killed.
The Norman conquest, though a
most disastrous event at the time, in
the end made England the most
powerful among civilized nations. It
bad also !. great effect qpon Scotland. II
which after a few years Became apowI
erful and victorious nation, maintain
ing. almost equal rank with England.
At length, the crown of Scotland
having passed to a young girl, Ed
ward the First: King of England, be-
gan to consider by what means he
could unite the two Kingdoms, He
proposed marriage between the
young queen of Scotland and his
own eldest son, called Edward the
Second. A treaty was entered into
for this purpose, but the young
queen died before the marriage was
effected. Had she lived, the union of
England and Scotland might have
taken place some three hundred years
sooner than it did.
At the death of the queen, Scot
and was greatly agitated, there be-
ng twelve claimants to the crown.
The Scottish nobility submitted the
question of successor to Edward I, of {
England. He determined to settle it
lot as mere empire, but as it best
suited himself. He therefore sum-
noned the nobility and clergy of
Scotland to meet him, and then he
informed them that before he could
proceed to decide who should be the
'assal king of Scotland, it was neces-
ary that they should acknowledge
he King of England's right as Lord
'aramont, or Sovereign of that king
[om. After delay of a few weeks,
hey acceded to his terms. Upon ex-
mining the claims of the candidates, :
he right of succession was given to
ohm Baliol, and Edward declared
i'm king of Scotland, but he also de-
Jared the kingdom was to be held
nder him as the Lord Paramount,
ohm Baliol foolishly acknowledged \
imself to be liege vassal and subject Z
} King Edward. /
Edward at once began to exert his
over, Baliol, perceiving his mistake
ntered into league with France and
used a great army for the purpose