Then,hewenttoLondonandwascrownedwithgreatsplendour.
AnewParliamentmet.NofewerthanonehundredandfiftyoftheprincipalnoblemenandgentlemenontheLancastersideweredeclaredtraitors,andtheKing-whohadverylittlehumanity,thoughhewashandsomeinpersonandagreeableinmanners-
resolvedtodoallhecould,topluckuptheRedRoserootandbranch.
QueenMargaret,however,wasstillactiveforheryoungson.SheobtainedhelpfromScotlandandfromNormandy,andtookseveralimportantEnglishcastles.But,Warwicksoonretookthem;theQueenlostallhertreasureonboardshipinagreatstorm;andbothsheandhersonsufferedgreatmisfortunes.Once,inthewinterweather,astheywereridingthroughaforest,theywereattackedandplunderedbyapartyofrobbers;and,whentheyhadescapedfromthesemenandwerepassingaloneandonfootthroughathickdarkpartofthewood,theycame,allatonce,uponanotherrobber.SotheQueen,withastoutheart,tookthelittlePrincebythehand,andgoingstraightuptothatrobber,saidtohim,\'Myfriend,thisistheyoungsonofyourlawfulKing!Iconfidehimtoyourcare.\'Therobberwassurprised,buttooktheboyinhisarms,andfaithfullyrestoredhimandhismothertotheirfriends.
Intheend,theQueen\'ssoldiersbeingbeatenanddispersed,shewentabroadagain,andkeptquietforthepresent.