“Harold was slain, and the monks wandered over the battle-ground to find his body. It was discovered at last, a despoiled and discrowned figure, by Edith Swansneck, a beautiful girl who loved Harold and whom the dead king had loved.
“Then William returned to Normandy. Fécamp blazed in his honor, and all the cities received him with loud acclaim.
FINDING THE BODY OF HAROLD.
“A hard king was Duke William. With his great army of Normans, he marched over England, suppressing all who opposed him. The rivers were tinged with blood, the beautiful English towns were reduced to ash-heaps, the land was blackened with fire: he is said to have killed or maimed a hundred thousand people.
THE DEATH OF THE RED KING.
“Having conquered England, he sought enjoyment, and turned his [!-- original location of 'The death of the red king' --] [!-- blank page --] attention to field-sports and to hunting. He had sixty-eight royal forests, full of stags and deer; but he permitted no one but himself and the people of his court to hunt in them.