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The Project Gutenberg EBook of A King's Comrade, by Charles Whistler This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford Author: Charles Whistler Release Date: September 11, 2004 [EBook #13438] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A KING'S COMRADE *** Produced by Martin Robb A KING'S COMRADE: A Story of Old Hereford, by Charles W. Whistler PREFACE. INTRODUCTORY. CHAPTER I. HOW THE FIRST DANES CAME TO ENGLAND. CHAPTER II. HOW WILFRID KEPT A PROMISE, AND SWAM IN PORTLAND CHAPTER III. HOW WILFRID MET ECGBERT THE ATHELING. CHAPTER IV. HOW WILFRID MET AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE IN NORWICH CHAPTER V. HOW WILFRID MET THE FLINT FOLK, AND OTHERS. CHAPTER VI. HOW WILFRID SPOKE WITH ETHELBERT THE KING. CHAPTER VII. HOW ETHELBERT'S JOURNEY BEGAN WITH PORTENTS. CHAPTER VIII. HOW ETHELBERT CAME TO THE PALACE OF SUTTON. CHAPTER IX. HOW QUENDRITHA THE QUEEN WOVE HER PLOTS. CHAPTER X. HOW GYMBERT THE MARSHAL LOST HIS NAME AS A GOOD CHAPTER XI. HOW ETHELBERT THE KING WENT TO HIS REST. CHAPTER XII. HOW QUENDRITHA THE QUEEN HAD HER WILL. CHAPTER XIII. HOW WILFRID AND ERLING BEGAN THEIR SEARCH. CHAPTER XIV. HOW WILFRID HAD A FRESH CARE THRUST ON HIM. CHAPTER XV. HOW WILFRID'S SEARCH WAS REWARDED. CHAPTER XVI. HOW WILFRID SPOKE ONCE MORE WITH OFFA. CHAPTER XVII. HOW WILFRID AND HIS CHARGE MET JEFAN THE CHAPTER XVIII. HOW JEFAN THE PRINCE GUARDED HIS GUESTS. CHAPTER XIX. HOW WILFRID CAME HOME TO WESSEX. PREFACE. Hereford Cathedral bears the name of Ethelbert of East Anglia, king and martyr, round whose death, at the hands of the men of Offa of Mercia, this story of his comrade centres, and dates its foundation from Offa's remorse for the deed which at least he had not prevented. In the sanctuary itself stands an ancient battered statue--somewhat hard to find--of the saint, and in the pavement hard by a modern stone bears a representation of his murder. The date of the martyrdom is usually given as May 20, 792 A.D. A brief mention of the occurrence is given under that date in the "Ang
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