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Among the Welsh, every son, to his own name as a child, such as Henry, William, Thomas, etc., added that of his father. Thus it happens that we can usually tell a man by his name; for example, Richards, Roberts, Evans, Jones, etc., etc. AMONG THE WELSH EVERY SON TO HIS OWN NAME AS A CHILD SUCH AS HENRY WILLIAM THOMAS ET CETERA ADDED THAT OF HIS FATHER THUS IT HAPPENS THAT WE CAN USUALLY TELL A MAN BY HIS NAME FOR EXAMPLE RICHARDS ROBERTS EVANS JONES ET CETERA ET C
s instantly killed by some angry Welshman lying in ambush. So the Normans had to lock themselves up in armor, until they looked like lobsters in their shells. When on their iron-clad horses they resembled turtles, so that if a knight fell off, he had to be chopped open to be rid of his metal clothes. Yet all this was in vain, for when the Norman marched out in bodies, or rode in squadrons, the Welshery kept away and were hidden. Even the birds and beasts noticed this, and saw what fools the Normans were, to behave so brutally. As for the fairies, they met together to see what could be done. Even the reptiles shamed men by living together more peaceably. Only the beasts of prey approved of the Norman way of treating the Welsh people. At last, it came to pass that, after the long War of the Roses, when the Reds and the Whites had fought together, a Welsh king sat upon the throne of England. Henry VIII was of Cymric ancestry. His full name was Henry Tudor; or, in English, Henry Theodore.  ROM THE CASTLE HE WAS INSTANTLY KILLED BY SOME ANGRY WELSHMAN LYING IN AMBUSH SO THE NORMANS HAD TO LOCK THEMSELVES UP IN ARMOUR UNTIL THEY LOOKED LIKE LOBSTERS IN THEIR SHELLS WHEN ON THEIR IRON CLAD HORSES THEY RESEMBLED TURTLES SO THAT IF A KNIGHT FELL OFF HE HAD TO BE CHOPPED OPEN TO BE RID OF HIS METAL CLOTHES YET ALL THIS WAS IN VAIN FOR WHEN THE NORMAN MARCHED OUT IN BODIES OR RODE IN SQUADRONS THE WELCHARY KEPT AWAY AND WERE HIDDEN EVEN THE BIRDS AND BEASTS NOTICED THIS AND SAW WHAT FOOLS THE NORMANS WERE TO BEHAVE SO BRUTALLY AS FOR THE FAIRIES THEY MET TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE EVEN THE REPTILE SHAMED MEN BY LIVING TOGETHER MORE PEACEABLY ONLY THE BEASTS OF PREY APPROVED OF THE NORMAN WAY OF TREATING THE WELSH PEOPLE AT LAST IT CAME TO PASS THAT AFTER THE LONG WAR OF THE ROSES WHEN THE REDS AND THE WHITES HAD FOUGHT TOGETHER A WELSH KING SAT UPON THE THRONE OF ENGLAND HENRY THE EIGHTH WAS OF CUMRICH ANCESTRY HIS FULL NAME WAS HENRY TUDOR OR IN ENGLISH HENRY THEODORE 
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