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Both Sides the Border:

A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
By G. A. Henty.

Illustrated by Ralph Peacock

[Preface].
[Chapter 1]:A Border Hold.
[Chapter 2]:Across The Border.
[Chapter 3]:At Alnwick.
[Chapter 4]:An Unequal Joust.
[Chapter 5]:A Mission.
[Chapter 6]:At Dunbar.
[Chapter 7]:Back To Hotspur.
[Chapter 8]:Ludlow Castle.
[Chapter 9]:The Welsh Rising.
[Chapter 10]:A Breach Of Duty.
[Chapter 11]:Bad News.
[Chapter 12]:A Dangerous Mission.
[Chapter 13]:Escape.
[Chapter 14]:In Hiding.
[Chapter 15]:Another Mission To Ludlow.
[Chapter 16]:A Letter For The King.
[Chapter 17]:Knighted.
[Chapter 18]:Glendower.
[Chapter 19]:The Battle Of Homildon Hill.
[Chapter 20]:The Percys' Discontent.
[Chapter 21]:Shrewsbury.
[ "This is the nephew of Alwyn Forster" ]
[ It was with the greatest difficulty that he guarded his head ]
[ They journeyed pleasantly along ]
[ "Who is going to teach me?" ]
[ Oswald threw his arms round two of them ]
[ To Oswald's astonishment, two young women stood before him ]
[ Armstrong took his place by his son's pallet ]
[ "Let the rope pass gradually through your hands" ]
[ "I am well pleased with you, Oswald" ]
[ "Now, I think we shall do, Roger" ]
[ "How glad I am to have an opportunity of thanking you" ]
[ "Do not speak of such a thing, I pray you, master" ]

[Preface].

The four opening years of the fifteenth century were among the most stirring in the history of England. Owen Glendower carried fire and slaughter among the Welsh marches, captured most of the strong places held by the English, and foiled three invasions, led by the king himself. The northern borders were invaded by Douglas; who, after devastating a large portion of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Durham, was defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon, by the Earl of Northumberland, and his son Hotspur. Then followed the strange and unnatural coalition between the Percys, Douglas of Scotland, Glendower of Wales, and Sir Edmund Mortimer--a coalition that would assuredly have overthrown the king, erected the young Earl of March as a puppet monarch under the tutelage of the Percys, and secured the independence of Wales, had the royal forces arrived one day later at Shrewsbury, and so allowed the confederate armies to unite.