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Thus, they hoped to possess all the acres for themselves. They talked as if there were no people so refined and so cultured as they were, while the natives, good and bad, were lumped together as "the Welshery." THUS THEY HOPED TO POSSESS ALL THE ACRES FOR THEMSELVES THEY TALKED AS IF THERE WERE NO PEOPLE SO REFINED AND SO CULTURED AS THEY WERE WHILE THE NATIVES GOOD AND BAD WERE LUMPED TOGETHER AS THE WELSHRY
 but only these words: WE CAN DO NOTHING AGAINST THE TRUTH, BUT ONLY FOR THE TRUTH. XIV THE WELSHERY AND THE NORMANS Though their land has been many times invaded, the Welsh have never been conquered. Powerful tribes, like the Romans, Saxons and Normans, have tried to overwhelm them. Even when English and German kings attempted to crush their spirit and blot out their language and literature, the Welsh resisted and won victory. Among the bullies that tried force, instead of justice, and played the slave-driver, rather than the Good Samaritan's way, were the Normans. These brutal fellows, when they thought that they had overrun Wales with their armies, began to build strong castles all over the country. They kept armed men by the thousands ready, night and day, to rush out and put to death anybody and everybody who had a weapon in his hand. Often they burned whole villages. They killed so many Welsh people that it seemed at times as if they expected to empty the land of its inhabitants. R PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY BETTY B WELSH FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELLIOTT GRIFFITH CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE WELSHRY AND THE NORMANS THOUGH THEIR LAND HAS BEEN MANY TIMES INVADED THE WELSH HAVE NEVER BEEN CONQUERED POWERFUL TRIBES LIKE THE ROMANS SAXONS AND NORMANS HAVE TRIED TO OVERWHELM THEM EVEN WHEN ENGLISH AND GERMAN KINGS ATTEMPTED TO CRUSH THEIR SPIRIT AND BLOT OUT THEIR LANGUAGE IN LITERATURE THE WELSH RESISTED AND WON VICTORY AMONG THE BULLIES THAT TRIED FORCE INSTEAD OF JUSTICE AND PLAYED THE SLAVE DRIVER RATHER THAN THE GOOD SAMARITANS WAY WERE THE NORMANS THESE BRUTAL FELLOWS WHEN THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD OVERRUN WALES WITH THEIR ARMIES BEGAN TO BUILD STRONG CASTLES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THEY KEPT ARMED MEN BY THE THOUSANDS READY NIGHT AND DAY TO RUSH OUT AND PUT TO DEATH ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO HAD A WEAPON IN HIS HAND OFTEN THEY BURNED WHOLE VILLAGES THEY KILLED SO MANY WELSH PEOPLE THAT IT SEEMED AT TIMES AS IF THEY EXPECTED TO EMPTY THE LAND OF ITS INHABITANTS
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