INTELLECTUAL GAMES.

 

forced to resign the crown, is seated in a chamber, a prisoner,
when seven men break open the door and rush at the king, -
who, rightly conjecturing that their design is to murder him,
snatches a poleaxe from one of them, and soon stretches four _
of them lifeless at his feet ; but he is at length overcome, and
falls mortally wounded by a blow from a similar weapon.

Axswer—Murder of Richard the Second, of England. +

Ix.

A MONARCH lies on the bed of death. He is surrounded
by his ministers. By the bedside stands his son. The king
gives to the youth aring. Hush—he speaks-! Every ear is

.strained to listen. “May the power with which you will
‘shortly be invested be considered a sacred trust committed

to you by Providence, and for which you will be accountable
in a future state.” : :

Answer—tThe death-bed of Louis the Mleventhy of Brance:

xX.

A CITY is being: besieged by the emperor ofthe country.
After a protracted siege the garrison capitulates on condition
that all the women shall be allowed to depart, taking with
them as much property as they can carry. The terms of
surrender being signed, the gates are thrown open, and the
Duchess appears bearing the Duke, her husband, on her
shoulders, followed by all the women of the city. similarly
laden. The emperor’s generous heart is touched by this
proof of conjugal affection, and when the courtiers’ try to
persuade him. to send back the men, since they have obtained |
their liberty by fraud, he replied indignantly, “An emperor
keeps his word.” The hill crossed by this procession retains
to this day the name of “ Woman’s fidelity.”

Answer—The siege of the City of Weinsberg, in Wurtem-
berg (in which Duke Guelph; brother to Henry the Proud,
Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, had shut himself up), by the
Emperor Conrad III. of Germany. The hill retains to this’

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