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Show Legend of the King Here is an old legend of the eagle: "Alfred, king of the West Saxons, went out one day a-hunting and, passing by a certain wood, heard, as he supposed, the cry of an infant in-fant from the top of a tree, and forthwith forth-with diligently inquiring of the huntsmen what the doleful sound could be, demanded one of them to climb the tree, when in the top of it was found an eagle's nest and lo! therein a pretty sweet-faced infant, wrapped in a purple mantle, and upon up-on his arm a bracelet of gold, a clear sign that he was born of noble parents. Wherefore the king took charge of him, and caused him to be baptized, and because he was found in the nest he gave him the name of Nestingum, and in after time advanced ad-vanced him to the dignity of an earL" London Tit-Bits Magazine. |