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Show Famous English Castle. Haglau, near Monmouth In England, Eng-land, ts Drc-ojnineiu among English castles, as Heidelberg among thobo upon tho Ithl.v Its towers and halls lmvo a rich lino given by the red sandstone sand-stone of which thoy nro built. It has a mighty tower than wus half destroyed de-stroyed after Its last great slego so that It might not tumble tho enemy again. For here, after his fatal battlo at Naseby, Charles I. found refuge with Lord Itcauchauip, ono of his stanchest supporters, although already al-ready past fourscore years. Fifty thousand men and $500,000 he placed at tho service of his luckloss guest, but In vnln. Then canw Fairfax and tho last castle faithful to the monarch fell, costing its loyal owner a second jtttn of equal value and Imprisonment. |