Excerpt from The Brides of Dinan: A Tale of the Baron's War, in Six CantosHE action of the poem, which the Author believes to be a correct exponent of the manners and feelings of the age in which its scene is laid, commences on May 28th, 1265, with a wolf-hunt in the neighbour hood of Ludlow, formerly called Dinan, a name corrupted from Dinham, or Dena ham, the residence of the Danes. Readers may perhaps be surprised at such a chase being introduced into the story, but indisputable records inform us that England was about that period so much infested with wolves, that in the next reign, that of Edward I., a royal mandate was issued to Peter Corbett, that in all forests, parks, and other places in the counties of Wor oester, Gloucester, Hereford, Salop, and Stafford, in which he might find wolves, he was to hunt the same with men, dogs, and engines, to destroy them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.