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JCEfc TO THE ENGLISH SLAVE.
punishable if any one should use witchcraft to produce another's
love, or should give him to eat or drink with magic." Hist.
Anglo- Sax. v. iii.
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See Note 16.
Let all my warmen and retainers hold
Themselves in readiness. . . p. 37.
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( ) Who dare not lift the mead-cup to their . . .
lips.
Without the fear of death. . .
p. 38.
"
If an Englishman presumed to drink in the presence of
a Dane, without his express permission, it was esteemed so
great a mark of disrespect, that nothing but his instant death
could expiate it. The English were so intimidated, that they
would not adventure to drink, even when invited, till the Danes
had pledged their honour for their safety which j introduced
the custom of pledging each other in drinking, of which some
vestiges are still remaining among the common people."
Pontopidan Gesta et Vestigia Danorum.
"When an Englishman met a Dane on a bridge, or in a
narrow path, where he could not avoid him, he was obliged to
stand still with his head uncovered, and in a bowing posture,
as soon as the Dane appeared, and to remain in that position
till he was out sight."
Ibid.
The Litany of these times contained the following petition :
"A furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine."
" The Danish soldiers who were quartered upon the English
in the reigns of Edgar the Peaceable, and of Ethelred the
Unready, were the beaus of the times, and were particularly
attentive to the dressing of their hair which ; they combed at
least once every day, and thereby captivated the affections of
the English ladies." Dr. Henry.
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( ) Victory to us have given injields of glory,
And bowed their raven-banners to the Cross. . .
p. 41.
When Corinth was besieged by the Saracens of Africa and the
Sclavonians of Peloponnesus, the citizens in a sally drove the
barbarians from their gates, and the glory of the victory was
ascribed to the phantom of St. Andrew the Apostle, who fought
for them in the foremost ranks.
" When the Emperor Theodosius, near the foot of the Julian
Alps, fought against Arbogastes the Frank, who had murdered
Valentinian, and placed Eugenius the Rhetorician on the throne
of the West, the spirits of St. John and St. Philip appeared to