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和墮云慕

耶紗慕禰

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great spirits�察�they had changed their creed�察�their language�察�their habits�察�and 

had    bee�察    �from    heathen    and   murderous      Berserkers�察    �the   most   truly 

civilised    people     of  Europe�察   �andas    was    most    natural   thenthe    most 

faithful   allies   and   servants   of   the   Pope   of   Rome。   So   greatly   had   they 

changed�察  �and   so   fast�察  �that   William  Duke   of   Normandy�察  �the   great´   great´ 

grandson   of   Rolf   the   wild   Viking�察  �was   perhaps   the   finest   gentleman�察  �as 

well   as   the   most   cultivated    sovereign�察  �and   the   greatest   statesman      and 

warrior in all Europe。 

     So Harold of Norway came with all his Vikings to Stamford Bridge by 

York�察�and took�察�by ing�察�only that which Harold of England promised 

him�察�namely�察 �forasmuch as he was taller than any other man�察�seven feet 

of English ground。; 



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     The story of that great battle�察�told with a few inaccuracies�察�but told as 

only great poets tell�察�you should read�察�if you have not read it already�察�in the 

;Heimskringla; of Snorri Sturluson�察�the Homer of the North�此�

       High feast that day held the birds of the air and the beasts of the field�察�

White´tailed erne and sallow glede�察�Dusky raven�察�with horny neb�察�And the 

gray deer the wolf of the wood。 

       The bones of the slain�察�men say�察�whitened the place for fifty years to 

e。 

     And   remember�察  �that   on   the   same   day   on   which   that   fight   befell 

September   27�察  �1066William�察  �Duke   of   Normandy�察  �with   all   his   French´ 

speaking   Norsemen�察  �was   sailing   across   the   British   Channel�察  �under   the 

protection of a banner consecrated by the Pope�察�to conquer that England 

which the Norse´speaking Normans could not conquer。 

     And   now   King   Harold   showed   himself   a   man。         He   turned   at   once 

from   the    North    of  England     to  the  South。    He     raised   the  folk  of   the 

Southern�察�as he had raised those of the Central and Northern shires�察�and in 

sixteen daysafter a march which in those times was a prodigious feathe 

was   entrenched   upon   the   fatal   down   which   men   called   Heathfield   then�察�

and Senlac�察�but Battle to this daywith William and his French Normans 

opposite him on Telham hill。 

     Then came the battle of Hastings。           You all know what befell upon that 

day�察�and how the old weapon was matched against the newthe English 

axe against the Norman lanceand beaten only because the English broke 

their   ranks。    If   you   wish   to   refresh   your   memories�察  �read   the   tale   once 

more     in  Mr。   Freeman's     ;History   of   England�察─    �or  Professor    Creasy's    ; 

Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World�察─�or even�察�best of all�察�the late Lord 

Lytton's splendid romance of ;Harold。;             And when you go to England�察�go�察�

as some of you may have gone already�察�to Battle�察�and there from off the 

Abbey grounds�察�or from Mountjoye behind�察�look down off what was then 

;The   Heathy   Field�察─  �over   the   long   slopes   of   green   pasture   and   the   rich 

hop´ gardens�察�where were no hop´gardens then�察�and the flat tide´marshes 

winding      between     the  wooded      heights�察  �towards     the  southern    sea�察  �and 



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imagine for yourselves the feelings of an Englishman as he contemplates 

that   broad   green   sloping   lawn�察  �on   which   was   decided   the   destiny  of   his 

native land。      Here�察�right beneath�察�rode Taillefer up the slope before them 

all�察�singing the song of Roland�察�tossing his lance in air and catching it as it 

fell�察�with all the Norse berserker spirit of his ancestors flashing out in him�察�

at the thought of one fair fight�察�and then purgatory�察�or Valhalla Taillefer 

perhaps preferred the latter。          Yonder on the left�察�in that copse where the 

red´ochre gully runs�察�is Sanguelac�察�the drain of blood�察�into which ��as the 

Bayeux      tapestry�察  �woven     by   Matilda's    maids�察   �still  shows��    the   Norman 

knights fell�察�horse and man�察�till the gully was bridged with writhing bodies 

for   those   who   rode   after。   Here�察  �where   you   standthe   crest   of   the   hill 

marks where it must have beenwas the stockade on which depended the 

fate of England。 Yonder�察�perhaps�察�stalked out one English squire or house´ 

carle    after   another�此       �tall    men    with    long´handled       battle´axesone 

specially   terrible�察  �with   a   wooden   helmet   which   no   sword   could   pierce 

who hewed and hewed down knight on knight�察�till they themselves were 

borne to earth at last。       And here�察�among the trees and ruins of the garden�察�

kept trim by those who know the treasure which they own�察�stood Harold's 

two standards of the fighting´man and the dragon of Wessex。                      And here�察�

close by ��for here�察�for many a century�察�stood the high altar of Battle Abbey�察�

where   monks   sang   masses   for   Harold's   soul���察  �upon   this   very   spot   the 

Swan´neck         found    her    hero´lover's     corpse。      ;Ah�察─     �says    many     an 

Englishmanand   who   will   blame   him   for   it;how   grand   to   have   died 

beneath   that   standard   on   that   day� ─  �Yes�察  �and   how   right。    And   yet   how 

right�察�likewise�察�that the Norman's cry of DEXAIE� �God Help� �and not 

the    English    hurrah�察   �should    have    won    that  day�察  �till  William    rode    up 

Mountjoye in the afternoon to see the English army�察�terrible even in defeat�察�

struggling      through     copse    and   marsh     away     toward     Brede�察   �and�察  �like 

retreating lions driven into their native woods�察�slaying more in the pursuit 

than they slew even in the fight。 

     But so it was to be�察�for so it ought to have been。               You�察�my American 

friends�察�delight�察�as I have said already�察�in seeing the old places of the old 



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country。     Go�察�I beg you�察�and look at that old place�察�and if you be wise�察�

you will carry back from it one lesson�此              �That God's thoughts are not as 

our thoughts�察�nor His ways as our ways。 

     It   was   a  fearful   time   which   followed。   I  cannot but   believe  that   our 

forefathers   had   been�察  �in   some   way   or   other�察  �great   sinners�察  �or   two   such 

conquests as Canute's and William's would not have fallen on them within 

the    short   space   of   sixty  years。    They     did   not   want    for  courage�察   �as 

Stamford      Brigg    and   Hastings    showed     full  well。    English     swine�察  �their 


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