It was indeed in his time that Winchester suffered the most disastrous of all its sieges, as we may believe, and this at the hands of the Empress Matilda in 1141.

Farewell! loved youth, for still I hold thee dear, Though thou hast left me friendless and alone; Still, still thy name recals the heartfelt tear, That hastes MATILDA to her wish'd-for home.

Queen Guinevere wore grass green silk, and if her skirt were as long as those worn by Matilda of Flanders, Norman William's wife, centuries after, her women must have spent several hours daily in mending it, unless she had a new habit for every ride, or unless the English forest roads were wider than they are to-day.

As I left his room, he said: "Lou," as he always called me, "I will see you and Matilda at the boat this evening."

His name is DAVE, and he has claimed Matilda for wife.

We associate Paula with Jerome, the Countess Matilda with Hildebrand, Vittoria Colonna with Michael Angelo, Hannah More with Dr. Johnson.

" "I am quite sure of that," said Matilda without looking up.

"Matilda, I follow you!" They passed into the churchyard; they reached the entry to the vaults; Ambrosio tremblingly followed Matilda down the staircase.

Disguised as her husband, a villain carries off the young Matilda from a masquerade and ruins her.

Henry, hearing himself accused of weakness, thought to deliver himself from so much annoyance by a bold perjury; and he endeavored to draw Gregory and Matilda into a snare.

Sometimes Edith thought that her daughter's names were decidedly a failureAspasia by mistake, Matilda through obstinacy, and Dilly by accident.