Richard I, third Duke of Normandy, became involved in long
and arduous wars with the King of France, which compelled him
to call in the aid of more Northmen from the Baltic. His new
allies, in the end, gave him as much trouble as the old enemy,
with whom they came to help William I, his predecessor, contend;
and he found it very hard to get them away. He wanted at length
to make peace with the French king, and to have them leave his
dominions; but they said: “That was not what we came for.”
There are helps that become hindrances, and aids that are embarrassing
in the end.
(1395)
=Hereafter and Here=--See EXCLUSION FROM HEAVEN.