Identifier: islandstorychild00mars (find matches)
Title: An island story; a child's history of England
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth), 1867-1941
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Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company (Edinburgh, Printed by T. and A. Constable
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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captains and, when he had learned everything hecould, he slipped quietly away and went back to the Isleof Nobles. The Danes were sorry when they found that thegentle minstrel had gone. And little did they think thatit was the great and brave King Alfred who had beensinging and playing to them. Alfred now knew that his army was strong enough tofight the Danes. So he left his fort on the Isle of Noblesand boldly marched against them. A battle was foughtin which the Danes were defeated, and from that timeonwards Alfred was victorious. The dark days were over.The power of the Danes was crushed. Their king,Guthorm, submitted to Alfred, and even became a Chris-tian. When he was baptized, Alfred stood as godfatherto him, and changed his name from Guthorm to theEnglish name of JEthelstan. Then Alfred made a peace with the Danes, called thepeace of Wedmore. And although the Danes did notleave England, they did not fight any more, and they leftWessex and kept within the land which was given to
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ALFRED FOUND MUCH PLEASURE IN READING MORE ABOUT ALFRED THE GREAT 75 them in the north. Afterwards, this part was called theDanelagh or Daneland. And now it was, in the time of peace, that Alfredbegan to do great things for his people, the things bywhich he earned his name of Alfred the Great. Hecollected the laws and wrote them out so that peoplecould understand them. He did away with the lawswhich he thought were bad, and made others. One lawhe made was, that a man who had done wrong could notbe punished unless twelve men agreed that he really hadbeen wicked, and ought to be punished. This was calledtrial by jury, and means trial by those who have promisedto do justly. Our word jury comes from a Latin wordwhich means to promise or swear. It was a very good law, for sometimes if a man hatedanother man he w^ould say he had done something wicked,in order to have him punished. But when twelve menhad to agree about it, it was not easy to have an innocentperson unjustly punished. Alfred w

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