men-at-arms, besides about thirty thousand of inferior rank. Many of the principal nobility of France were left on the field of battle. The kings also of Bohemia and Majorca were slain. The fate of the former was remarkable. He was blind from age; but being resolved to hazard his person, and set an example to others, he ordered the reins of his bridle to be tied on each side to the horses of two gentlemen of his train; and his dead body and those of his attendants were afterwards found amongst the slain, with their horses standing by them in that situation. His crest was three ostrich feathers, and his motto these German words-Ich Dien, I serve; which the Prince of Wales and his successors adopted in memorial of this great victory. The action may seem no less remarkable for the small loss sustained by the English than for the great slaughter of the French. There were killed in it only one esquire and three knights, and very few of inferior rank; a proof that the prudent policy adopted by Edward, and the disorderly attack made by the French, had rendered the whole affair rather a rout than a battle, which was indeed the common case with engagements in those times. THE WAYWARD CHILD. Foster-Mother: My husband's father told it me, With lusty arm. You know that huge round beam With thistle beards, and such small locks of wool A pretty boy, but most unteachable; He never learnt a prayer nor told a bead, But knew the names of birds, and mocked their notes To gather the seeds of wild flowers, and to plant them, A friar, who gathered simples in the wood, A grey-haired man, he loved this little boy: The boy loved him, and, when the friar taught him, He soon could write with the pen; and from that time Lived chiefly at the convent or the castle. So he became a rare and learned youth: But, oh! poor wretch! he read, and read, and read, But yet his speech, it was so soft and sweet, Of all the heretical and lawless talk Which brought this judgment: the youth was seized, And cast into that hole. My husband's father Sobbed like a child-it almost broke his heart: How sweet it were on lake or wide savannah Teresa: Foster-Mother: ; He went on ship-board, And ne'er was heard of more; but 'tis supposed A TRADITION OF THE SEMINOLES. When the Floridas were erected into a territory of the United States, one of the earliest cares of the Governor was directed to the instruction and civilisa tion of the natives. For this purpose he called a meeting of the chiefs, in which he informed them of the wish of their great father at Washington that they should have schools and teachers among them, and that their children should be instructed like the children of white men. The chiefs listened with their customary silence and decorum to a long speech setting forth the advantages that would accrue to them from this measure, and when he had concluded, begged a day to deliberate on it. On the following day a solemn assembly was held, in which one of the chiefs addressed the Governor in the name of all the rest. "My brother," said he, “we have been thinking over the proposition of our great father at Washington to send teachers and set up schools among us. We are very thankful for the interest he takes in our welfare; but after much deliberation have concluded to decline his offer. What will do very well for white men will not do for red men. I know you white men say we all come from the same father, but you are mistaken. "We have a tradition handed down from our forefathers, and we believe it, that the Great Spirit, when he undertook to make men, made the black man. It was his first attempt, and pretty well for a beginning; but he soon saw he had bungled; so he determined to try his hand again. He did so, and made the red man. He liked him much better than the black man, but still he was not exactly what he wanted. So he tried once more, and made the white man, and then he was satisfied. You see, therefore, that you were made last, and that is the reason I call you my youngest brother. "When the Great Spirit had made the three men, he called them together, and showed them three boxes. The first was filled with books, and maps, and papers ; the second with bows and arrows, knives and tomahawks; the third with spades, axes, hoes, and hammers. These, my sons,' said he, 'are the means by which you are to live; choose among them according to your fancy.' "The white man, being the favourite, had the first choice. He passed by the box of working tools without notice; but when he came to the weapons for war and hunting, he stopped and looked hard at them. The red man trembled, for he had set his heart upon that box. The white man, however, after looking upon it for a moment, passed on, and chose the box of books and papers. The red man's turn came next; and you may be sure he seized with joy upon the bows and arrows and tomahawks. As to the black man, he had no choice left but to put up with the box of tools. "From this it is quite clear that the Great Spirit intended the white man should learn to read and write; to understand all about the moon and stars; and to make everything, even rum and whisky. The red man should be a first-rate hunter and a mighty warrior, but he was not to learn anything from books, as the Great Spirit had not given him any; nor was he to make rum and whisky, lest he should kill himself with drinking. As to the black man, he had nothing but working tools; it was clear he was to work for the white and red men, which he has continued to do. "We must go according to the wishes of the Great Spirit, or we shall get into trouble. To know how to read and write is very good for white men, but very bad for red m、n. It makes white men better, but red |