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Ivanhoe
Thus
communed
these
;
while
to
their
lowly
dome
,
The
full-fed
swine
return
'd
with
evening
home
;
Compell
'd
,
reluctant
,
to
the
several
sties
,
With
din
obstreperous
,
and
ungrateful
cries
.
Pope
's
Odyssey
In
that
pleasant
district
of
merry
England
which
is
watered
by
the
river
Don
,
there
extended
in
ancient
times
a
large
forest
,
covering
the
greater
part
of
the
beautiful
hills
and
valleys
which
lie
between
Sheffield
and
the
pleasant
town
of
Doncaster
.
The
remains
of
this
extensive
wood
are
still
to
be
seen
at
the
noble
seats
of
Wentworth
,
of
Warncliffe
Park
,
and
around
Rotherham
.
Here
haunted
of
yore
the
fabulous
Dragon
of
Wantley
;
here
were
fought
many
of
the
most
desperate
battles
during
the
Civil
Wars
of
the
Roses
;
and
here
also
flourished
in
ancient
times
those
bands
of
gallant
outlaws
,
whose
deeds
have
been
rendered
so
popular
in
English
song
.
Such
being
our
chief
scene
,
the
date
of
our
story
refers
to
a
period
towards
the
end
of
the
reign
of
Richard
I.
,
when
his
return
from
his
long
captivity
had
become
an
event
rather
wished
than
hoped
for
by
his
despairing
subjects
,
who
were
in
the
meantime
subjected
to
every
species
of
subordinate
oppression
.
The
nobles
,
whose
power
had
become
exorbitant
during
the
reign
of
Stephen
,
and
whom
the
prudence
of
Henry
the
Second
had
scarce
reduced
to
some
degree
of
subjection
to
the
crown
,
had
now
resumed
their
ancient
license
in
its
utmost
extent
;
despising
the
feeble
interference
of
the
English
Council
of
State
,
fortifying
their
castles
,
increasing
the
number
of
their
dependants
,
reducing
all
around
them
to
a
state
of
vassalage
,
and
striving
by
every
means
in
their
power
,
to
place
themselves
each
at
the
head
of
such
forces
as
might
enable
him
to
make
a
figure
in
the
national
convulsions
which
appeared
to
be
impending
.
The
situation
of
the
inferior
gentry
,
or
Franklins
,
as
they
were
called
,
who
,
by
the
law
and
spirit
of
the
English
constitution
,
were
entitled
to
hold
themselves
independent
of
feudal
tyranny
,
became
now
unusually
precarious
.
If
,
as
was
most
generally
the
case
,
they
placed
themselves
under
the
protection
of
any
of
the
petty
kings
in
their
vicinity
,
accepted
of
feudal
offices
in
his
household
,
or
bound
themselves
by
mutual
treaties
of
alliance
and
protection
,
to
support
him
in
his
enterprises
,
they
might
indeed
purchase
temporary
repose
;
but
it
must
be
with
the
sacrifice
of
that
independence
which
was
so
dear
to
every
English
bosom
,
and
at
the
certain
hazard
of
being
involved
as
a
party
in
whatever
rash
expedition
the
ambition
of
their
protector
might
lead
him
to
undertake
.
On
the
other
hand
,
such
and
so
multiplied
were
the
means
of
vexation
and
oppression
possessed
by
the
great
Barons
,
that
they
never
wanted
the
pretext
,
and
seldom
the
will
,
to
harass
and
pursue
,
even
to
the
very
edge
of
destruction
,
any
of
their
less
powerful
neighbours
,
who
attempted
to
separate
themselves
from
their
authority
,
and
to
trust
for
their
protection
,
during
the
dangers
of
the
times
,
to
their
own
inoffensive
conduct
,
and
to
the
laws
of
the
land
.
