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whom he had been fatin'. Caesar.
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~ lookin' around 10 learn somethsn.
ov the manners and customs ov the
people on that side" Re had = ae@.
o. warships along. scmethsu' eot
known in England II that time. News
Travelled rather slowly At this eartv
period. but the Engligh had heard
somethin' oy Julius Caesar an hIx
tactics. and they concluded at once
that hit would pay to make the best
possible terms with him. The Brit
ons sent ambassadors and offered to
submit. Caesar received them with
a great show ov kindness. but be
wuz piayin' for time TO get hIz sol
diers In guide shape The Britons
soon saw hiZ game and, while they
had appeared TO be nearly helpless,
they had no Idea ov givin' up awl
without A fife. IL there proved no
way out ov hit. When the balance
ov Caesars feet appeared. the Eng
1ish mustered out awI the men avail
able to oppose a general landing.
The English were armed only with
bows an arrows. The English used
their arrows so well that the Rom
ans had TO take desperate steps and
effect a landing. But the Romans
bein' short on cavalry could not pur-
sue the Britons Both sides were
whipped in a sense. The English
finally sued for peace. The Roman
general stipulated that a number ov
prominent citizens must be put up az
hostages to guarantee peace. Az
some ov them lived quite a distance
from the coast, hit wuz a cause for
delay. A severe storm arose and the
Roman feet suffered This gave the
English renewed hope and they fell
to fitin' again. While one ov Caesars
legions wuZ foragin' the English at
tempted to surround and capture hit.
| Caesar went to the aid ov this legion
with achievements The Romans
havin' thrown up a temporary fort,
the Britons attempted to assault this
but were driven back with great
slaughter. Caesar then burned sew
eral towns an then returned to the
coast. By this time the English
made another proposal for peace. AZ
Caesar wuz in a crippled condition,
he agreed to grant peace provided
double the number ov hostakes be
delivered. This wuZ done.
The next spring Caesar tried the
game over. He reached the coast ov
England with eight hundred ships,
awl filled with soldiers. The British
seemed disposed to resist, though but
little wuz accomplished. Matters
were finally adjusted by the English
agreeing to pay an annual tribute to
Rome. Caesar then quit the English
coast and wintered in Gaul.
For 81 years after this England
wuz at peace with the world, an re-
tanned her independence. Caesar wuz
long since dead. But at this time
the Emperor Claudius concluded to
take fall out ov England. This
wuz 43 years after the birth OF
Christ. The Roman legions were
commanded Jointly by Vespasian and
Plantius. No less than thirty bat
ties were fought before Plantius
subdued the inhabitants ov Belgae
and the Isle of Wight There wuz
actual war for five years. Finally a
terrific battle wu- fought on lofty
hill called Caer-Coradoc. The Eng
glish were CROWN more determined
awl the time, and when the battle
just mentioned wuZ about to begin
the English air said to hev pledged
themselves to win or perish. The
Romans captured the wife and
daughters ov Caratacus and Carata-
Gus wuz finally surrendered by his
stepmother, though this authority
must hev bin far-fetched. Caratacus
had braved the power ov Rome fol
nine years. He wuz sent prisoner
to that city after the battle. But
) the English were not dismayed. They
expressed surprise that the wealthy
Romans should fight for the wretch.
ed novels ov England, for hit wuz
then a poor country. Caratacus wuz
I finally given liberty. Later the
Romans decided to reduce the Isle
of Angleysey, which had bin the Sc.
cure retreat ov the Druids, an t6
whose influence the Romans attrib.
uted the perseverance ov the English
people.
About this time Presatgus, king
ov Iceni, died. He had stood by the
: Roman conquerer, and to secure hi7
} property, had made the Emperor q
: joint heir with hiz own daughters
, but Roman greed wuz not satisfied
: The whole outfit wuz seized and the
members ov the royal family were
treated with indignities. This led t6
; a renewal ov war and the Romans