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As
another
instance
of
these
bitter
fruits
of
conquest
,
and
perhaps
the
strongest
that
can
be
quoted
,
we
may
mention
,
that
the
Princess
Matilda
,
though
a
daughter
of
the
King
of
Scotland
,
and
afterwards
both
Queen
of
England
,
niece
to
Edgar
Atheling
,
and
mother
to
the
Empress
of
Germany
,
the
daughter
,
the
wife
,
and
the
mother
of
monarchs
,
was
obliged
,
during
her
early
residence
for
education
in
England
,
to
assume
the
veil
of
a
nun
,
as
the
only
means
of
escaping
the
licentious
pursuit
of
the
Norman
nobles
.
This
excuse
she
stated
before
a
great
council
of
the
clergy
of
England
,
as
the
sole
reason
for
her
having
taken
the
religious
habit
.
The
assembled
clergy
admitted
the
validity
of
the
plea
,
and
the
notoriety
of
the
circumstances
upon
which
it
was
founded
;
giving
thus
an
indubitable
and
most
remarkable
testimony
to
the
existence
of
that
disgraceful
license
by
which
that
age
was
stained
It
was
a
matter
of
public
knowledge
,
they
said
,
that
after
the
conquest
of
King
William
,
his
Norman
followers
,
elated
by
so
great
a
victory
,
acknowledged
no
law
but
their
own
wicked
pleasure
,
and
not
only
despoiled
the
conquered
Saxons
of
their
lands
and
their
goods
,
but
invaded
the
honour
of
their
wives
and
of
their
daughters
with
the
most
unbridled
license
;
and
hence
it
was
then
common
for
matrons
and
maidens
of
noble
families
to
assume
the
veil
,
and
take
shelter
in
convents
,
not
as
called
thither
by
the
vocation
of
God
,
but
solely
to
preserve
their
honour
from
the
unbridled
wickedness
of
man
.
Such
and
so
licentious
were
the
times
,
as
announced
by
the
public
declaration
of
the
assembled
clergy
,
recorded
by
Eadmer
;
and
we
need
add
nothing
more
to
vindicate
the
probability
of
the
scenes
which
we
have
detailed
,
and
are
about
to
detail
,
upon
the
more
apocryphal
authority
of
the
Wardour
MS.
I
'll
woo
her
as
the
lion
woos
his
bride
.
Douglas
While
the
scenes
we
have
described
were
passing
in
other
parts
of
the
castle
,
the
Jewess
Rebecca
awaited
her
fate
in
a
distant
and
sequestered
turret
.
Hither
she
had
been
led
by
two
of
her
disguised
ravishers
,
and
on
being
thrust
into
the
little
cell
,
she
found
herself
in
the
presence
of
an
old
sibyl
,
who
kept
murmuring
to
herself
a
Saxon
rhyme
,
as
if
to
beat
time
to
the
revolving
dance
which
her
spindle
was
performing
upon
the
floor
.
The
hag
raised
her
head
as
Rebecca
entered
,
and
scowled
at
the
fair
Jewess
with
the
malignant
envy
with
which
old
age
and
ugliness
,
when
united
with
evil
conditions
,
are
apt
to
look
upon
youth
and
beauty
.
"
Thou
must
up
and
away
,
old
house-cricket
,
"
said
one
of
the
men
;
"
our
noble
master
commands
it
--
Thou
must
e
'
en
leave
this
chamber
to
a
fairer
guest
.
"
"
Ay
,
"
grumbled
the
hag
,
"
even
thus
is
service
requited
.
I
have
known
when
my
bare
word
would
have
cast
the
best
man-at-arms
among
ye
out
of
saddle
and
out
of
service
;
and
now
must
I
up
and
away
at
the
command
of
every
groom
such
as
thou
.
"
"
Good
Dame
Urfried
,
"
said
the
other
man
,
"
stand
not
to
reason
on
it
,
but
up
and
away
.
Lords
'
hests
must
be
listened
to
with
a
quick
ear
.
Thou
hast
had
thy
day
,
old
dame
,
but
thy
sun
has
long
been
set
.
Thou
art
now
the
very
emblem
of
an
old
war-horse
turned
out
on
the
barren
heath
--
thou
hast
had
thy
paces
in
thy
time
,
but
now
a
broken
amble
is
the
best
of
them
--
Come
,
amble
off
with
thee
.
"
"
Ill
omens
dog
ye
both
!
"
said
the
old
woman
;
"
and
a
kennel
be
your
burying-place
!
May
the
evil
demon
Zernebock
tear
me
limb
from
limb
,
if
I
leave
my
own
cell
ere
I
have
spun
out
the
hemp
on
my
distaff
!
"
