id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt ainsworth-windsor-1843 ainsworth ainsworth-windsor-1843 1843 .txt text/plain 117088 5737 78 I was serving-man to your father, good Sir Henry Wyat, before you, and I love you as a son, while I honour you as a master. Struck by the extreme beauty of the spot, for that it seemed exceeding profitable and commodious, because situate so near the Thames, the wood fit for game, and many other particulars lying there, meet and necessary for kings--yea, a place very convenient for his reception, William the Conqueror prevailed upon Abbot Edwin to accept in exchange for it Wakendune and Feringes, in Essex, together with three other tenements in Colchester; and having obtained possession of the coveted hill, he forthwith began to erect a castle upon it--occupying a space of about half a hide of land. cache/ainsworth-windsor-1843.txt txt/ainsworth-windsor-1843.txt