The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-22
REAL ANCIENT HISTORY.


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grand train: he L. clothed in gar
ments shining with gold and ie@eIa:
he El's ~fth the cro~n upon hts bead.
yet placing himself below the bishop
and aTchbishops. though above all
other peTsona assembled" Theu bit
IL said that biz own brothers are tae
attendants upon the King. ordinary
servants not being trusted. though
there were many IN the palace. all
dressed In silk and other fine goods.
Or course the dinner mentioned
wuz the style for extra state affairs.
when the quality" wnz invited TIE
King probably enjoyed hix mush aud
gravy in a plain manner when there
WIZ no company around. awso snap
beans an turnips. etc.
Charles 9Th dug succeeded b. the
dauphtn. who wuz crowned AZ
Charles 9Th. This monarch wuz af-
ficted with insanity an several o. hiz
rel&tiyes looked after things, which
soon became somewhat tangled. This
condition caused Henry 5th, King o.
England. 10 have designs upon
France. He landed al Haraeur with
about 10000 men, mostly archer.
That city at first promised to surren-
der. but the garrison afterwards
changed and determined to resist
The English King captured hit later
and the garrison wuz put 10 the
sword. The English then invaded
portion Of the country but disease
soon put stop to operations. Then
the English began retreat an the
French made hit warm for them
The French finally intercepted him
with a superior force in number but
the English whipped them The
English continued TO retreat, how
ever. and finally got out ov France
in badly disorganized condition.
carrying a considerable number ov
the French az prisoners
In 1417 the English monarch
made another try for the French
crown, for he could not get over the
desire to wear hit, though he had a
great crown awlready He landed
900 men in Normandy France
wuZ in bad way, for crime an kim
pie very near out, an the English
armies had conquered much ov the
country. Hit seemed that France
must yield to English control in some
way. A battle wuZ fought near Yer
neuill an the French forces were
badly defeated. But the Duke OF
Bedford, who commanded the Eng
lish, found about this time that he
must return to England. That saved
France once fore for, her people took
renewed courage an determination
Had the English stayed a little longer
the map ov the world would have
been changed-only few days. The
English knew that they were in a bad
way an did not know that the
French were so near the end ov theil
esOurces-DunOis, one ov the
French generals, with 1000 men
compelled the Earl of Warwick tt
raise the seige of Montargis. Thi!
advantage, slight az hit wuz, renew
ed French hope an caused the Eng
= lish military leaders to feel a bi
blue. Best ov anvil, hit put new lif'
into the French people, for they hat
gotten to the last dregs ov disap
tpointment in war. Still anothe
small fact helped to change matter
for the French arms. In the villag
ov Domreni, on the border ov Lor
= rain, lived a girl about 81 years old
. She wuZ servant in a small hotel
Her name wuz Joan de Arc She WI
a modest, religious girl. Knowing
: the desperate condition ov the affai
of France, she determined to he'll
her country, to fife for hit; in fact
D She applied to the Governor of Band
q iccourt and told him that she WI
q destined by heaven to free her coun
: try from invaders. The Governo
r didn't pin much faith to the girl ar
n her claims. But she wouldn't Civ
up. He finally gave her letter t
|. the King Ov France. The dignitarie
: about the throne, thought she WI
# a-jokin but finally decided to Civ
j. her a chance and she wuz shown t
e the public in a military suit an dull
/ commissioned to raise troops Sh
d WIZ mounted on a magnificent whit
II horse. The English were at the me
ment beseiging the city ov Orlean: