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" Ah , you rascal ! " he cried . " I was going to befriend you , and you repay me by trying to kill me . Now I will punish you . I would have given you all the water , but now you shall have only half . " And with that he drank the half of it , and then gave the rest to the Swede . When the King of the Danes heard about this , he sent for the soldier and had him tell the story just as it was . " Why did you spare the life of the Swede after he had tried to kill you ? " asked the king . " Because , sir , " said the soldier , " I could never kill a wounded enemy . " " Then you deserve to be a nobleman , " said the king . And he rewarded him by making him a knight , and giving him a noble title . SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT . More than three hundred years ago there lived in England a brave man whose name was Sir Humphrey Gilbert . At that time there were no white people in this country of ours . The land was covered with forests ; and where there are now great cities and fine farms there were only trees and swamps among which roamed wild Indians and wild beasts . Sir Humphrey Gilbert was one of the first men who tried to make a settlement in America . Twice did he bring men and ships over the sea , and twice did he fail , and sail back for England . The second time , he was on a little ship called the " Squirrel . " Another ship , called the " Golden Hind , " was not far away . When they were three days from land , the wind failed , and the ships lay floating on the waves . Then at night the air grew very cold . A breeze sprang up from the east . Great white icebergs came drifting around them . In the morning the little ships were almost lost among the floating mountains of ice . The men on the " Hind " saw Sir Humphrey sitting on the deck of the " Squirrel " with an open book in his hand . He called to them and said , — " Be brave , my friends ! We are as near heaven on the sea as on the land . " Night came again . It was a stormy night , with mist and rain . All at once the men on the " Hind " saw the lights on board of the " Squirrel " go out . The little vessel , with brave Sir Humphrey and all his brave men , was swallowed up by the waves . SIR WALTER RALEIGH . There once lived in England a brave and noble man whose name was Walter Raleigh . He was not only brave and noble , but he was also handsome and polite ; and for that reason the queen made him a knight , and called him Sir Walter Raleigh . I will tell you about it . When Raleigh was a young man , he was one day walking along a street in London . At that time the streets were not paved , and there were no sidewalks . Raleigh was dressed in very fine style , and he wore a beautiful scarlet cloak thrown over his shoulders .
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