May 1st
May 1st 1820. The horses being from home this morning I
walked instead of riding and wrote my exercise. After
breakfast I got a reading lesson, wrote a letter & read
18 pages of history. Edward III conquered Scotland twice &
both times they shook off the yoke of the conqueror. This
prince leaving Scotland went to France to procure his claim
to the crown of that country, but finding he could do
nothing without coming to an open war he determined to do so
and returned to England. Having prepared himself with an
army of 50,000 men he went over to france & encamped on the
fields of Veronfosse but being opposed to engage against
Phillips army which was a great deal larger than his he
returned into Flanders and disbanded his army.
I heard Nanny a lesson & worked untill dinner then I got
geography.
