Williams Since 1066

First a quick word on Robert the Devil, whose turbulent life turned out quite a revel. He fathered a child on a poor tanner's daughter then dashed to repent in Jerusalem's quarter, but on his return, sad to say, he died, yet he set up his son, his only pride. Though being dubbed "bastard" earned him rebuke Son William became a very tough duke, as shown by the fact he became England's king on Christmas Day when the church bells did ring. Poor England he ruled with a grim iron rod. He harried the North like a merciless god. To gauge England's wealth great pains he took, which to prove I name the Doomsday Book. Once his horse took fright in a fiery melee and part of his saddle punctured his belly. After this mishap he did not live long. When his belly burst, oh what a pong! The monks in Rouen cut his funeral short, when incense galore no remedy brought. Then his son William Rufus ascended the throne. To wild fits and frenzy this redhead was prone. He found city life somewhat too narrow. Out riding one day, he was struck by an arrow. Many hard battles King Billy fought ere he fell from his horse at Hampton Court. No enemy's musket laid him low, no cannon ball , no swordsman's blow. A hoof of his horse got caught in a hole, the work of a lowly burrowing mole. On the Emerald Isle some raise a toast to this notable victory of the least o'er the most William the Fourth died in his bed, which somehow fitted the life he had led. He had multiple children but not with his wife. Exemplary no way was King William's life. When in time a new William mounts Britain’s throne may he shun the errors to which others were prone, avoiding pitfalls and fierce martial strife, and every enticement to stray from his wife.