Excerpt from The Good Sword Belgarde, or How De Burgh Held Dover Ajiebican and English boys alike can claim kinship with the giants who fought for English freedom, and under whose leadership was forged the English race. Hubert de Burgh, one of the noblest figures in history, belongs to America as to England, and the deeds he did and the battles he won are our common glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.