[King Alfred of England by Jacob Abbott]@TWC D-Link bookKing Alfred of England CHAPTER I 10/22
He married the portionless Cordiella, and took her with him to the Continent. The old king now having given up his kingdom to his eldest daughters, they managed, by artifice and maneuvering, to get every thing else away from him, so that he became wholly dependent upon them, and had to live with them by turns.
This was not all; for, at the instigation of their husbands, they put so many indignities and affronts upon him, that his life at length became an intolerable burden, and finally he was compelled to leave the realm altogether, and in his destitution and distress he went for refuge and protection to his rejected daughter Cordiella.
She received her father with the greatest alacrity and affection.
She raised an army to restore him to his rights, and went in person with him to England to assist him in recovering them. She was successful.
The old king took possession of his throne again, and reigned in peace for the remainder of his days.
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