And lastly we have to tell of our Martin. He remained in the Andredsweald until he had completely succeeded in reconciling the outlaws to the authorities {37}, and he had seen them, his “merrie men,” settle down as peaceful tillers of the soil, or enter the service of the knights and abbots as gamekeepers, woodsmen, huntsmen, and the like; at his strong recommendation and assurance that he would be surety for their good behaviour—an assurance they did their best to justify. And how shall we describe his labour of love—his work as the bondsman of Christ? But after the death of his mother, his superiors recalled him to Oxford, as a more important sphere, and better suited to his talents; where the peculiar sweetness of his disposition gave him a great influence over the younger students. In short he became a power in the university, and died head of the Franciscan house, loved and lamented, in full assurance of a glorious immortality. And they put over his tomb these words: We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. —_Vale Beatissime_. From the south wall of Walderne Church project or projected two iron brackets with lances, whereon hung for many a generation the banners of Sir Ralph (alias Hubert) and his son Laurence. The boast of chivalry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave, Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. THE END. Notes. [1] Rivingtons’ Historical Biographies. [2] Demonology and Witchcraft. [3] See the Andredsweald, a tale of the Norman Conquest, by the same author. [4] He was the last lord of Pevensey of his race, all his land and honours being forfeited in 1235 for passing over into Normandy without King Henry the Third’s license. [5] Lord of Lewes Castle from 1242-1304, a local tyrant. [6] There were then no family names, properly so called; the English generally took one descriptive of trade or profession, hence the multitude of Smiths; the Normans generally then name of their estate or birthplace, with the affix De. Knight’s Pictorial History, volume 2, page 643. [7] His literary acquirements, unusual in the time, increased his influence and reputation. Knight’s Pictorial History. [8] How did I weep in Thy Hymns and Canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of Thy sweet-attuned Church, the voices flowed into my ears and the truth distilled into my heart. Saint Augustine’s Confessions volume 9 page 6. [9] Afterwards the site of the battle of Edgehill. [10] See his biography in Macmillan’s Sunday Library.