Had they been captured, it would have been a sore blow to me, not only in my affections but to my cause; for, had he held them in his power, Henry could have put a heavy pressure upon me.

May I ask, now, what is your name, Sir Knight ?" "Sir Oswald Forster.

I was, at that time, a squire of Sir Henry Percy's." "Of Hotspur!" Glendower said, in surprise.

"I did not know that we had levies from the north fighting against us." "You have not, sir.

I had simply been sent, with twenty men-at-arms, by Sir Henry to Sir Edmund Mortimer--who is, as you are doubtless aware, of kin to Sir Henry, who had married his sister--and was sent by Sir Edmund to join the Earl of Talbot and Lord Grey, when they made that foray upon your house.