Porlor and his Companion Kidnapped by Sea–thieves

THE PALADINS
OF
EDWIN THE GREAT

THE PALADINS
OF
EDWIN THE GREAT
BY
SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, K.C.B.
NEW EDITION
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1908

First published September 1896.
Reprinted August 1901. New Edition September 1908.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface[1]

PART I.—HOME

CHAP.
1. Stillingfleet[13]
2. Alca[22]
3. Aldby[40]
4. York and the Deiran Frontier[54]
5. Kidnapped[66]
6. Mystacon[77]

PART II.—EXILE

1. Fallen Rome[95]
2. In Bondage at Rome[108]
3. The Glories of the East[126]
4. A Son of Alaric[141]
5. Ujjayani[157]
6. Iran[181]
7. The Rescue of Sivel[194]

PART III.—WORK

1. The Story of Augustine[213]
2. Home Again[230]
3. Death of Alca[248]
4. Edwin[270]
5. Baptism[296]
6. The Great Bretwalda[315]
7. The End[331]
Epilogue[344]

ILLUSTRATIONS
By Ralph Peacock

Porlor and his Companions kidnapped by Sea–thieves[Frontispiece]
Dancing round the Sacred AshTo face page [14]
Princess Alca telling Stories to the Boys" " [46]
Mystacon attacked by his Boy Captives" " [104]
Coelred and Porlor in Egypt" " [144]
Coelred and Porlor on their Way to the Wells" " [158]
Death of Mystacon" " [206]
The Young Warriors presented to Ethelfrith" " [244]
Lilla saves the King's Life" " [304]
King Edwin, Coelred, and Porlor slain" " [338]