Excerpt from The History of Great Britain, Vol. 5 of 12: From the First Invasion by the Romans Under Julius Caesar, Written on a New Plan As the Duke of Normandy had displayed Conductof much conduct and valour in the battle of Hast 222131311 ings, he discovered great prudence and huma Vim) nity after the victory, - by returning solemn thanks to God on the field for the success of his arms, - by permitting the English to bury their dead in perfect tranquillity, -by dismiss ing with ignominy one of his soldiers for mang ling the body of Harold, and - by sending the corpse of that prince to his mother Githa, with out accepting the offered ransomi'. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.