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Chapter 1

           ThisstateofthingsIhavethoughtitnecessarytopremisefortheinformationofthegeneralreader,whomightbeapttoforget,that,althoughnogreathistoricalevents,suchaswarorinsurrection,marktheexistenceoftheAnglo-SaxonsasaseparatepeoplesubsequenttothereignofWilliamtheSecond;yetthegreatnationaldistinctionsbetwixtthemandtheirconquerors,therecollectionofwhattheyhadformerlybeen,andtowhattheywerenowreduced,continueddowntothereignofEdwardtheThird,tokeepopenthewoundswhichtheConquesthadinflicted,andtomaintainalineofseparationbetwixtthedescendantsofthevictorNormansandthevanquishedSaxons.

           Thesunwassettingupononeoftherichgrassygladesofthatforest,whichwehavementionedinthebeginningofthechapter.Hundredsofbroad-headed,short-stemmed,wide-branchedoaks,whichhadwitnessedperhapsthestatelymarchoftheRomansoldiery,flungtheirgnarledarmsoverathickcarpetofthemostdeliciousgreensward;insomeplacestheywereintermingledwithbeeches,hollies,andcopsewoodofvariousdescriptions,socloselyastotallytointerceptthelevelbeamsofthesinkingsun;inotherstheyrecededfromeachother,formingthoselongsweepingvistas,intheintricacyofwhichtheeyedelightstoloseitself,whileimaginationconsidersthemasthepathstoyetwilderscenesofsilvansolitude.

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