Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . theylet him go, with compliments. A five days voyagebrought him to England, but not yet to Warwick.Before he could get there the King summoned him toYork, and covered him with flattery. If there be anything, replied Guy, that couldimploy my Arms in any hazardous Enterprise, to makeme worthy of your Favour, I should be happy. Alas!says the King, there is at this time a dreadful Dragoninhabiting the Rocks in Northumberland, who for sometime has devoured Men and Beasts, so that the Countryround about her Cave for many Miles is b
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Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . theylet him go, with compliments. A five days voyagebrought him to England, but not yet to Warwick.Before he could get there the King summoned him toYork, and covered him with flattery. If there be anything, replied Guy, that couldimploy my Arms in any hazardous Enterprise, to makeme worthy of your Favour, I should be happy. Alas!says the King, there is at this time a dreadful Dragoninhabiting the Rocks in Northumberland, who for sometime has devoured Men and Beasts, so that the Countryround about her Cave for many Miles is becomedesolate. Guy not at all daunted at the Relation, desired leave of the King to encounter the Dragon, which he granted him, with many wishes of Success, and ordered twelve Knights to Conduct him on hisWay to the Cave. The dragon was dealt with no less successfullythan the boar, and the King bestowed many richPresents on Guy, and ordered the just Proportion ofthe Dragon to be drawn, which proved to be ThirtyFoot in length, and proportionable alike, and hung up 28. From a print published in 1791.GUY OF WARWICK, FROM A BASSO RELIEVO FORMERLY IN WARWICK LANE, LONDON. Warwick Castle ?- in Warwick-Castle, as a Monument, of lasting Fameof the Noble Heroick Champion, Sir Guy. And so home at last to Warwick, where EarlRohand received the hero cordially, and gave him thehand of Phyllis, and made such a feast for the weddingas gave a great deal of Joy and Satisfaction on allsides. He died soon afterwards, making Guv his heir, which was further confirmed upon him by the Kingin the Title of Earl of Warwick, by which Title hewas ranked with other Lords and Peers and in Favourwith all Men. Here once again we seem to have reached theproper and natural end of the story, but once morewe find that it has a sequel. The sequel, indeed, isthe part of the story that has become most famous.Guy was destined to roam abroad once more, but thistime with a very different object. Ruminating upon past Actio