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WOMEIST IN ENGLAND. 167
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* !For Five Centuries Koine Lield Britai...
over tors the . strange her The -votaries and Druidical , mysterious uniting worshi hostile power p had tribes which Ibeen and , that destr fusing reli oyed g together ion absence ; had consequentl exercised the of most law y ,
and antagoni government stic elements , rap , ine was and no longer disorder felt . prevailed In the throughout irit the in landand the inhabitants are said to have shown more sp
rob against b all , ing sides their and destroy common The ing Picts enemies each and other ; Scots for , the assailed than Britons in them defending were in the now themselves north menaced the
on . , idea fille piratical d of them calling exp with editions in dismay their of the Saxon . In Saxons enemies their harassed perp to lexit assist the y , them they eastern conceived against coasts , their a the nd . The embraced
the invader northern proposal s , nei and g , hb but subsequentl ours instead . The y sequel of the being is possessors soon the t defender old of . Britain s Saxons they . became Thus to , each the for
some centuriestwo races inhabited Britain , antagonistic Saxons other , . the For abori , records gines of represented the former by we the are later driven Britons to legend , and and the remain
romanceto the Welch Triadsto the wild and poetical s ' if which classic are , civilization still the deli had ght never of the , reached antiquary these and shores the histori every an allusion . As
and semi and - every his barb bardic arians image . brethren refers The my to thic strike pastoral Arthur with life belongs , faltering or to to the thi touch rud , s era e . warfar the Taliesin harp e of
bequeathed ings emulate to them the solemn by the utterances Triads . of The Druidism Triads . in Such their a state dark
in of say song society and could legend not we be find favourable abundant to the proof elevation of the of inferior women st ; ation and seat of honour at
the assigned rude board to them but . The was chief simpl lad an y attendant occupied no on her lordly guests ,
to The fill the author horn of , with the " mead " Ancient , or y the Laws cup with and rare Institutions wine . of "Wales " leneed
but has thrown turn to much the laws light regulating upon the manners the palace of the for peop proof . of "We the low
position by held single by attendant the Queen . If She she occup would ies her occasionall , lonely chamber y ask for , waited the
in solace on her a of chamber song , it let is enacted the . bard — sing " When of Camlan the Queen ( the shall battl will e in a which song
the Arthur diversions fell ) , and of , the that Queen not loud mi , lest ht interrup the hall t be the disturbed rude revelry / ' for of fear the
were King and treated his with guests little . While respect , g however , the houseivife , the Queen received and chief a certain lady of
consideration . The middle ranks of women were in possession privileges denied to the higher . Unacquainted with the in refine the
circling ments o horns £ life , of chiefs the banquet and warriors " or the found no less their exciting solace pleasures " of
the chasebut the tillers of the , soil were thankful for a help-meet , ,
Womeist In England. 167
_WOMEIST IN _ENGLAND . 167
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/23/
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