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MEDIATION
BY WILLIAM At INTO
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GIIAPTKK I.
Tlio Htato of KiikIiiikI in 1380.
It wiih tlio reign of JUi'linnl II., ono
of tlio mo-it (Upturned roi(,'i)H in Kngllpli
hMory.
Tlio timoH wore dark, nnd were grow
ing darker, iIoiiiIh pitheritu; and lower
ing on ovory hand, and, worn' than
tliat, omiiiuiiM trcmorH beginning to
iiinko tlii'iiiMjlvtH felt In tlio very lloor
and foundation of cociuty Itielf. Tlio
enrol, grown inoro and nioro intolora
blo, woro aggravated by tlio general dln-troi-H,
and thulr dfocoiitunt now became
m Intense that it wan ready, at the
slightest dlhtiirblng touch, to burnt into
de.-triH'tivo tempest.
Our etory eoneeniH tho fortune of n
heroic spirit, who, liko many other,
miv thu niiccliicf that was browing,
hut, mi liko most, felt called upon to
labor with all bin
might to avert tho
5 ' .V "ST ' . ;n,n , l"l.unding Hlrlfo. Tho particular of
.V I . I i i .. , ,i his htrango devotion and dauntlosH cn-
thatltimdbeenpre.edo.l by . per 1 (kav(jr rocondl(J (1()I11L.stc mBmlKH
oi unparaiiuieu iriiuiipji aim riuuuiji.
Under Kdward III., in tho middle of
IiIh long roign, l.ngiaud had been tho
Unit nation in ritirope, and tho king's
court bad beon on a corrc-poiidiiigK'uIo
of miignillieniu. Ho had realized tho
kingdom of tho fabuloun Arthur. Tho
kJngM of Scotland and IVanio uoro jrin
ouern together in bin capital; IiIh
dominion Htretched literally from tho
Orknoyn to tho Pyreneen; tho chivalry
of Kuropo gathered to IiIh feasts and
tournameutH, and Christian potentatoH
in tlio Knit looked to him, aH tho II rut
princo in Christendom, for aid agaiiiHt
tho Saracoiiri. Hut u few rhort yearn,
though they wHiiuhmmI no falling off in
tho inagiiillceuro of tlio court and tho
iiohlo.H. had peon n woeful decline in
wo have gathered from old and neglect
cd rhronicloH, and hero prcr-cnt to tho
reader in tlio hope that they may teem
to him iih they have seemed to ub not
unworthy of preservation.
Tho moHt heavily-burdened man in
tho kingdom very much over-burdened
an tho event proved was Simon Sud
bury, Archhitdiop of Canterbury and
Lord High Chancellor, lie wih head
of tho Church and at tho t-anio time
head of tlio pcculur admiulHtration;
and both branched of cont-tituted author
ity were objectH of bitter hatred and
elatiioroiiH criticiHin.
Ah primate ho had bin trouble."
recalcitrant nionkH to bo browbeat, n
pestilent heresy to suppress, illlllctiltlcs
political nouer, Tho oxtmnsiou had between tho popo and tho clergy to ad'
gone too far; tho Kuglish rule had been1 just, dllllcultieri between tho popo and
spread over a wider surface than its j the government, jealousies between tho
osMjntlal strength warranted, into u! higher clorgy and tho baronage; but,
ill in m thin that tho parts could not ' grave an miiiio of tlioso troubles Mere,
maintain their cohesion. In reaching
over into Spain, tlio I Slack 1'rluco had
JoohjiioiI bin hold on Aipiltaino, and
fortress, after fortress, horo a littlo and
there a little, Kdward'H inheritances
and compiestH in I'rnuco had been lost.
When the great contending parties
paused for a short breathing space dur
ing tho last three years of Edward's
reign, there wax left to tho English
crown, of all Its Continental posses
hIoiih, only a few strong towns on tho
northern and wostoru coasts. Tho war
was renewed, but tho record was still of
disappointment and disaster. Ill-luck
combined with bad management against
thu hiic(Oss of tho 1'uglisli arm's. Tho
ttreat captains of tho prosperous time
wore gone; John of Gaunt an invet
erate bungler in matters of war was a
sorry substitute for tho lllack l'riucu;
and Kuolh'H, Calverloy, lrnrlstono and
Trivet, though valiant men of their
hands, did not, taken altogether, make
up for the Ion of Sir John Chaudos, tho
greatest general of tho ago, tho real
hero of 1'olctiers and Auray and Najar
ra, who had been slain In u mli-erublo
hkirmisli. Luck generally goes against
men when thoy play badly, and it
weiiHxI an If tho very wind and waves
had entered into tho conspiracy to bring
Knglaud us low In her humiliation as within walled towns and fortresses, to
hIiii had lately been high in her glory. ' removo to safe shelters all that could
Itoliovlng expeditions, calculated to conveniently bo removed, to leavo tho
arrive in the nick of time without a rest to tho mercy of thu invaders, and
lay to spare, woro shipwrecked by to keep tho track of devastation as nar
Morms, or detained in port, or beaten row as possiblo by hanging on their
back by contrary winds. Indignities Hanks and cutting off adventurous ox
that twenty years before woro never in ' cursion parties of plunder. No barbar
tho dreams of the gloomiest prophets of ity of lire and sword perpetrated on tho
evil had boeoiuu hard matters of' fact, j defenseless country had availed as yut
wturn and urgent. Scotch cruihors to tempt the Sago King outofthls. cold
chased Hits Muacks of Filey and Scar-1 blooded polity of endurance. Nothing
borough from their llshing grounds, had been achieved by tho expedition to
and 1'iuiu'li fleets ravaged tho Miuthern
eo.ihts, incnaicd tho mouth of tho
ThamcH, and actually, in tho autumn of,
l.'I.HO, tho time when our story opens,
had tho audacity to Mill up the great
river, and hum and plundered as far as
liravoM'iid. I he defomo of Loudon it
ml fluid become a subject of serious con
sideration a deplorable rovomt from
tho time wJgn tho most pressing con
cern for the huglisli government was
tho maiiiteuam-o of tho border fort
resses of (iascony.
Meantime, as in all periods of great
national roverro, discontent with tho
management of affairs was loud
throughout tho kingdom. Charges of
incapacity, extravagance,
woro freely iiiikio. 'I hat
put l'arl lament In better humor to pay
tho outrageous cost of tho war.
Other debts were urgent, notably tho
wages of tho fuw Kuglish garrisons re
maining in France Calais and Cher
bourg, and llrcfit and Hayouue which
were a year ami a quarter in arrear.
Thoy were co hemmed in that they
could not, aH in happier times, maku
up for thu want of pay by pillaging tlio
country.
lhu noble institution of national
credit, whereby such bills might have
been left to posterity, was as yet unde
veloped. Tho ministers of Kiehard II.
had no such rct-ource. J hu pawning of
tho crown towels shows how very null-
dishonesty, meiitary wero their methods of llnance.
larger Minis The government had no choico but
should bo noiessarv for tho oxchenuer to go onco more to Parliament. Thoir
than had over Ih-oii heard of in 1M- hist reception bad nut been encourag
ward's most prosperous days, nnd that ing, hut there -us no alternative. And
yut there should bo nothing to show the money had to bo raised at onco by
but frosh miscarriages and disasters, wan taxation from n people, who had pro
monstrous and bitterly unintelligible, tested last timu that they really could
It wont hard with tho groat ollliero of pay no more.
Htato and tho minor collector of revo- It was a doiporato caso, but tho chan
lino. Thoy wero accused of Intercept- cellor, trained in tho oxcheipier of tho
Ing for their own mu tho money that pope, experienced indiplomaey,patient,
bad Isjon raised for tho dofonso of tlio cautious, ami conciliatory, though near
realm. Frotiuent changed wero tried, his wits' ond, diil not absolutely tie
while affairs still went from bad to spalr.
worse. Tho knights and burgesses, Ono of his predecessors, threo years
Hiimiuoued to l'arliaineut again and before, had conceived, or at least pro
again to hear tho same tulu of urgent n tax of so much a head on every per
dangers followed by requests for larger ' mi In tho kingdom over tho ago of
and larger supplies, grow re-tlvo, and, fourteen years. It had been com
with all tho caro that could bo used in plained of, but it had boon fairly well
thulr selection, could not bo kept from paid better tbanany form of hiibsldy
ojuui (simplalut and remonstrance that had boon tried since,
against "tho outrageous cost of warn1 Tho chancellor would try another
that tho country could in no manner poll-tax, and modify tho obnoxious
sustain." features of tho llrst. Tho llrt bad
And iK'noatb the grumbling middlo, been uniform, fourpenco a bead from
classes, far down among tho lower' lr and rich alike, and tho poor bad
utrata of society, a lienor and moro naturally complained of such vquiillty.
dangerous dissatisfaction and unret ll would aoid this grievauoo; tho
began to spread and take hold. (Iriev- rich should aid tlio poor; an avenigo of
imsed a new kind of lniHt, u poll-tax, ' throo gnmts should bo ralswl, but tho
uncos of longer standing than ovon tho poorest should m askel for no moro
outragootiH cost and tho ontragwus fall- than ono groat, while tho richot paid
uro of tho wars with Franco began to bo us much as sixty, Besides, tho ago
inoro acutely felt as the pressure nbovu should bo raised to Alteon,
iucroasnl'tho pinch on tho musses bo-! What could bo moro reasonable? It
low. Tho exasperation wan especially vas tho duty of oorylody In such a
keen among that largo class of peasant . national crisis to contribute to tho
Imputation which still remained in ar-, national defeiuo.
ions forms and degrees of serfdom, sub- Tho plan was to cost tho unfortunate
jcvt to Indefinite exactions from their chancellor bis bead; but io moro man
lords and masters. Tho Imnbhlps and . could have thought of anything that
irritations of their portion, which for. looked fairer or moro promising.
Bouoratioii bad, under vurlous lilhi- IWsldos, bo was toglvo Parliament a
.'r.uy wore light compared with tho dos-
perato cares of tho chancellorship, at
that time thodiiglicst of tho great olilces
of state, as measured by tho weight and
number of its responsibilities.
There was not in those days tho same
subdivision of duties that exists now
among tlio king's ministers, and tho
responsibility of ways ami meaiiH to re
plenish tho empty treasury fell upon
thu lord high chancellor. This huso
necessity was tho problem of problems
for tho government.
To llud employment for tho restless
Kuglish chivalry, and to give tho
youngest of tho king's uncles, Thomas
of Woodstock, Karl of Buckingham, a
taste of tlio glorious game of war, a
splendid expedition had been sent
across into Franco early lit tho summer.
Hut tho glorious gamo in coHtly; thu
expenses wero not yet paid, nor wih
there any money in tho treasury where
withal to pay them. Tlio crown juweta
wero in pawn.
Further, Buckingham's expedition
did not promise to bo a success. Tho
French would not light, at least in
pitched battle. This was thu pusillan
imous policy of Charles tho Sago, which
had rendered so many grand and gal
lant expeditions abortive to keep
choice between this nnd ono of tho older
imposts. Further) ho put off tho evil
day of submitting bis budget, nnd
waited for a Biipremcly favorable
moment when ho might summon tlio
Commons and launch it prosperously.
I The favorable moment for which ho
waited was tho death of tho King of
Franco. Charles tlio Sago, to whoso
crafty policy tho dcplorablo rovcrscH of
recent years wero attributed, bad puf
fercd long from u mysterioiiH illness.
Liko tlio illness of tho Black Prince, it
was suspected to bo the effect of poison,
and ono of tho incidents of it was an
issue in tlio arm, through which it was
believed thu venom of tho poison dis
charged Itself. Georgo of Prague, tho
physician' whoso skill had partially
cured him nnd kept him alive, had
warned tho king that when thu issue
dried up, hu had only fifteen days left
in which to arrange his affairs and pro
vide for tho welfaro of his soul.
Sudbury had taken measures to get
thu earliest possible information of tlio
appearance of tho fatal symptom. Ho
know well, from tho temper shown by
the Commons when last thoy wero
asked for a subsidy, that thero was lit
tlo cliauco of gutting anything from
them unless something occurred to
brighten tho prospects of tho Kuglish
cause in Franco. It was tho policy of
Charles that had undone them; his
death would give them new hope, and
could hardly fail to put the Commons
in n geucrotiH mood.
At hibt tho fatal favorablo moment
arrived. In thu uutmun of KIHO, early
in September, just after tho insult
offered by n French lieottotho Thames,
tho joyful news reached him that tho
! fatal symptom had appeared, and that
tho King of Franco was on bis death
bed.
OIIAPTKIt II.
Tho bearer of tho good tidings pro-
sonted himself to Lambeth, where tho
archbishop lay, moro than an hour be
fore midday. IIo had ridden post
over night from Dover to Grnvesend,
and thence sailed up thu river with a
favorable tldu; bis luck and speed had
been such that, traveling day and
night, hu had reached Ixmdon on tho
second morning from IiIh start.
Thoy kept early hours in those times;
tho archbishop, after a close morning's
work, had already dined and was pre
paring to proceed to thu chancery at
Westminster. It was his ctudoui to sit
there at eleven.
i Tho messenger wiih not held long in
waiting for an audience. As soon as
tho iircliblshop-chanccllor wiih informed
of IiIh arrival from Paris, ho dismissed
IiIh secretaries, ordered him to bo
shown up, and received him most
graciously.
"Good-morrow, good fellow," ho
said, in a stately fashion, raising him
with tlio Hand wnicii tho messenger,
had knelt to kiss; "what news from'
Paris? You have ruado good speed
I from thero, I doubt not?"
I Tho messenger answered tho second
question first, and then hesitated,
glancing meaningly at tho usher who
had shown him into tho chancellor's
presence and who remained by tho door.
"You may speak," said thu chancel
lor. "Master Hardelot, my young
cousin, is of my council."
Thus authorized, hu delivered his
message. "I am charged, sir," ho
wtlil, "to deliver to you this ring, and
to say that that has happened which
you wot of."
Thu chancellor's face did not betray
tho joy ho felt at hearing what ho had
waited for so long. He asked no fur
ther questions. "You have dono tho
king mi excellent service," ho said in a
vol co of well-pleased greatness. "It
will bo my euro (o seo that you nro
fitly recompensed. You must bo
fatigued. Reginald, cause thu cooks to
providu at omu some meat for this gen
tleman, and seo that a well-lighted
chamber is made ready for him. Coma
to mo when you have rested and wo
will talk further of what you havo
heard and scon in Paris."
Tho messenger protested with all
humility ami respect ami thanks for
his graco'M comfortable words about
present refreshment and prospu'tivo
reward, that ho wiih ready at onco to
aiiwsor to tho best of his power; but
tho chancellor, who had heard as much
as ho wanted, insisted on his taking
needful reposu after his long and trying
journey.
(Tu Le cualliuiiil)
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