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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

Preface1

PART I.—HOME

CHAP.

1. Stillingfleet13

2. Alca22

3. Aldby40

4. York and the Deiran Frontier54

5. Kidnapped66

6. Mystacon77

PART II.—EXILE

1. Fallen Rome95

2. In Bondage at Rome108

3. The Glories of the East126

4. A Son of Alaric141

5. Ujjayani157

6. Iran181

7. The Rescue of Sivel194

PART III.—WORK

1. The Story of Augustine213

2. Home Again230

3. Death of Alca248

4. Edwin270

5. Baptism296

6. The Great Bretwalda315

7. The End331

Epilogue344

ILLUSTRATIONS By Ralph Peacock

Porlor and his Companions kidnapped by Sea–thievesFrontispiece

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