John Enderby
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Gilbert Parker
Gilbert Parker (1862–1932), also credited as Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian novelist and British politician. His initial career was in education, working in various schools as a teacher and lecturer. He then traveled abroad to Australia where he became an editor at the Sydney Morning Herald. He expanded his writing to include long-form works such as romance fiction. Some of his most notable titles include Pierre and his People (1892), The Seats of the Mighty and The Battle of the Strong.
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John Enderby - Gilbert Parker
JOHN ENDERBY
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Gilbert Parker
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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John Enderby
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Gilbert Parker
John Enderby
Published by Silver Scroll Publishing
New York City, NY
First published circa 1932
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OF ALL THE GOOD MEN that Lincolnshire gave to England to make her proud, strong and handsome, none was stronger, prouder and more handsome than John Enderby, whom King Charles made a knight against his will.
Your gracious Majesty,
said John Enderby, when the King was come to Boston town on the business of draining the Holland fen and other matters more important and more secret, the honour your Majesty would confer is well beyond a poor man like myself, for all Lincolnshire knows that I am driven to many shifts to keep myself above water. Times have been hard these many years, and, craving your Majesty’s pardon, our taxes have been heavy.
Do you refuse knighthood of his Majesty?
asked Lord Rippingdale, with a sneer, patting the neck of his black stallion with a gloved hand.
The King may command my life, my Lord Rippingdale,
was Enderby’s reply, he may take me, body and bones and blood, for his service, but my poor name must remain as it is when his Majesty demands a price for honouring it.
Treason,
said Lord Rippingdale just so much above his breath as the King might hear.
This in our presence!
said the King, tapping his foot upon the ground, his brows contracting, and the narrow dignity of the divine right lifting his nostrils scornfully.
No treason, may it please your Majesty,
said Enderby, "and it were better to speak boldly to the King’s face than to be disloyal behind his back. My estates will not bear the tax which the patent of this knighthood involves. I can serve the country no better as Sir John Enderby than as plain John Enderby, and I can serve my children best by shepherding my shattered fortunes for their