n III., 1222.
Theodore II., 1225.
John IV., 1259.
Michael VIII., 1259.

_Emperor of the West._

Frederic II., 1212.

_French Emperors of Constantinople._

Henry I., 1206.
Peter II., 1217.
Robert de Cour, 1221.
Baldwin II., 1237.

_France._

Philip II., 1180.
Louis VIII., 1223.
Louis IX., 1226.
Philip III., 1270.

_Scotland._

Alexander II., 1214.
Alexander III., 1249.

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EDWARD I.

began his reign 16th Nov. 1272, ended 7th July, 1307.

_Popes._

Gregory X., 1270.
Innocent V., 1276.
Adrian V., 1276.
John XXI., 1276.
Nicholas III., 1277.
Martin IV., 1281.
Honorius IV., 1285.
Nicholas IV., 1288.
Celestin V., 1294.
Boniface VIII., 1294.
Benedict X., 1303.
Clement V., 1305.

_Emperors of the East._

Michael VIII., 1259.
Andronicus II., 1283.

_Emperors of the West._

Frederic II., 1212.
Rodolphus I., 1273.
Adolphus, 1291.
Albert I., 1298.

_France._

Philip III., 1270.
Philip IV., 1285.

_Scotland._

Alexander III., 1249.
John Baliol, 1293.
Robert Bruce, 1306.

(_To be continued._)

* * * * *

THE GATHERER.

A snapper up of unconsidered trifles.
SHAKSPEARE.

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TIMELY REPARTEE.

A soldier of Marshal Saxe's army being discovered in a theft, was
condemned to be hanged. What he had stolen might be worth about 5s.
The marshal meeting him as he was being led to execution, said to him,
"What a miserable fool you were to risk your life for 5s.!"--"General,"
replied the soldier, "I have risked it every day for five-pence." This
repartee saved his life.

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MARSHAL VILLARS.

It was customary, as the French general in command of the Italian army
passed through Lyons to join his army, for that town to offer him a
purse full of gold. Marshal Villars on being thus complimented by the
head magistrate, the latter concluded his speech by observing, that
Turenne, who was the last commander of the Italian army who had honoured
the town with his presence, had taken the purse, but returned the money.
"Ah!" replied Villars, pocketing both the purse and the gold, "I have
always looked upon Turenne to be _inimitable_."

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LONG STORI