Roundhead and Cavalier: In a general way, it is said that New
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England was settled by the Roundheads, or Puritans, of England, and
the South by the Cavaliers or Royalists.
272-273. Plantagenets: A line of English kings, founded by Henry II,
called also the House of Anjou, from their French origin. The _House
of Hapsburg_ is the Imperial family of Austria. The _Guelfs_ were one
of the great political parties in Italy in the Middle Ages, at long
and bitter enmity with the _Ghibelines_.