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Yet all this time, with these hundreds of strong castles, bristling with turrets and towers, no Englishman's life was safe. If he dared to go out alone, even twenty rods from the castle, he was instantly killed by some angry Welshman lying in ambush. YET ALL THIS TIME WITH THESE HUNDREDS OF STRONG CASTLES BRISTLING WITH TURRETS AND TOWERS NO ENGLISHMAN'S LIFE WAS SAFE IF HE DARED TO GO OUT ALONE EVEN TWENTY RODS FROM THE CASTLE HE WAS INSTANTLY KILLED BY SOME ANGRY WELSHMAN LYING IN AMBUSH
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. 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. AVE 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 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
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