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Edward 2d 1307

Edward 2d succeeded his Father Edward the 1st 1307. He no sooner ascended the throne but he took Piers Gaveston again into favour, though his Father enjoined him on his death-bed not to recall him, knowing him to be a flatterer, who would poison his principles. Gaveston was a foreigner by birth, adorned with every accomplishment of person and mind that could create affection, but destitute of those qualities of heart, and understanding that serve to procure esteem. The King's ridiculous fondness for Gaveston, occasioned innumerable disputes, till at length the Barons