ments dripping with the salt ooze, showing through their rents many a bruise and ghastly wound; their bright arms soiled, their proud crests and banners gone, the baggage, artillery-all, in short, that constitutes the pride and panoply of glorious war-for ever lost. Cortés, as he looked wistfully over their thin and disordered ranks, sought in vain for many a familiar face, and missed more than one dear companion who had stood side by side with him through all the perils of the conquest. Though accustomed to control his emotions, or, at least, to conceal them, the sight was too much for him. He covered his face with his hands, and the tears which trickled down too plainly showed the anguish of his soul.

From "The Conquest of Mexico," by W. H. PRESCOTT.
Unintermitting. Unceasing, not | Mêlée. Confused fight.
leaving off for even a little while. Impetuosity. Wild onrush.
Import. Meaning.

Ordaz. Diego de Ordaz, another
of the leaders under Cortés.
Cavaliers. Horsemen.
Aztecs. Mexicans.

More dreadful death. To be sacri-
ficed to the war-god.
Carnage. Bloodshed.

Pieces. Cannon. This word is also

used for muskets.

Panoply. Complete armour. Anguish of his soul. The night of the retreat is known by the Spaniards as la noche triste, the sad or melancholy night.

COMPOSITION.-Write an account of la noche triste.

LESSON 30.

BEFORE THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT.

WEST.

O that we now had here

But one ten thousand of those men in England

That do no work to-day!

K. HEN.

What's he that wishes so?

5 My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin :

If we are mark'd to die, we are enow

To do our country loss; and if to live,

The fewer men, the greater share of honour.

God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.

By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,

Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;

It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires;
But if it be a sin to covet honour,

I am the most offending soul alive.

No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England;
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me,
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse :
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian :

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He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,

Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named,

And rouse him at the name of Crispian.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say,
"To-morrow is Saint Crispian":
Then will he strip his sleeve, and show his scars,
And say, "These wounds I had on Crispin's day".

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Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot

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But he'll remember with advantages

What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,

Familiar in his mouth as household words,

Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,

Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,

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Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
45 But we in it shall be remembered,-

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition :

50 And gentlemen in England now a-bed

West.

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

From SHAKSPEARE'S "King Henry V.," Act IV., Scene 3.

The Earl of Westmoreland. | Crispian and Crispin were brothers, K. Hen. King Henry V.

Now.

Just before the battle of

Agincourt.

Here.

At Agincourt.

He that wishes so. It was really Sir Walter Hungerford who uttered the wish.

My cousin Westmoreland.

Ralph Nevill, the Earl of Westmoreland, was not, in the present meaning of the word, the cousin of Henry V.; but the word was formerly used in the sense of kinsman, and the two men were rather distantly related by marriage.

Enow. Enough. This is really the
plural form of the word.
Yearns. Grieves.

Convoy. Travelling expenses.

and belonged to a noble Roman family. Becoming Christians they followed St. Denis to Gaul to convert the heathen. They lived at Soissons, and maintained themselves by working as shoemakers. For refusing to give up their faith they were at length put to death (on October 25th). Vigil. The night before a holy day. Bedford. The Duke of Bedford, the king's brother.

Exeter. The Duke of Exeter, the
king's uncle.

Salisbury. The Earl of Salisbury,
the king's brother.
Gloucester. The Duke of Gloucester.
Gentle his condition. Raise him
to the rank of gentleman.

COMPOSITION.-Give the reasons why Henry did not wish any

more men.

LESSON 31.

ABOU BEN ADHEM.

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James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) was born at Southgate, near London, and educated at Christ's Hospital (the school of Coleridge and Lamb). He contributed to several newspapers and reviews. the Examiner he called the Prince Regent (George IV.) a corpulent Adonis of fifty," for which crime he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Hunt was of a very sunny disposition, with a great capacity for love and admiration. Among his intimate friends were Byron, Shelley, and Keats. His disposition is reflected in his poetical works, now no longer read.

1. ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!)

Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold.

2 Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold:
And to the presence in the room he said,

"What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord,

Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord". 3. "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,

But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one who loves his fellow-men".

4. The angel wrote and vanished. The next night
It came again, with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed;
And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.

Ben. The son of.

Accord. Peace, harmony, agree

ment of all the parts. Love of God had blessed. On the first night the name of Abou Ben Adhem was not found among the

LEIGH HUNT.

names of those who loved the Lord. On the second night his name headed the list, thus showing that love of our fellow-men is one of the surest proofs of love of God.

COMPOSITION.-Tell in prose the story of Abou Ben Adhem.

LESSON 32.

THE ADVENTURE OF JOHN RAWLINS.

PART I.

IN the year 1621, one John Rawlins, native of Rochester, sailed from Plymouth in a ship called the Nicholas, which had in its company another ship of Plymouth, and had a fair voyage till they came within sight of Gibraltar. Then the watch saw five sails that seemed to do all in their power to come up with the Nicholas, which, on its part, suspecting them to be pirates, hoisted all the sail it could; but to no avail, for before the day was over, the Turkish ships of warfor so they proved to be-not only overtook the Plymouth ships, but made them both prisoners.

Then they sailed for Argier, which, when they reached, the English prisoners were sold as slaves, being hurried like dogs into the market, as men sell horses in England, and marched up and down to see who would give most for them.

John Rawlins was the last who was sold, because his hand was lame, and he was bought by the very captain who took him, named Villa Rise, who, knowing Rawlins' skill as a pilot, bought him and his carpenter at a very low rate-paying for Rawlins seven pounds ten reckoned in English money. Then he sent them to work with other slaves: but the Turks, seeing that through Rawlins' lame hand he could not do so much as the rest, complained to their master, who told him that unless he could obtain a ransom of fifteen pounds, he should be banished inland, where he would never see Christendom again.

But while John Rawlins was terrified with this