Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Saracens , keeping Saracen harlots as his concubines , and doing other things unfit and too numerous to mention . But when the said landgrave was about to make this attempt , and was deliberating with his fellow - nobles , who had been ...
... Saracens , keeping Saracen harlots as his concubines , and doing other things unfit and too numerous to mention . But when the said landgrave was about to make this attempt , and was deliberating with his fellow - nobles , who had been ...
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... Saracen sultans ; but we do not know what message was sent in reply to their demands . The church of Winchester becomes reconciled to its bishop . About this time , the bishop of Winchester took leave of the king of the French , and ...
... Saracen sultans ; but we do not know what message was sent in reply to their demands . The church of Winchester becomes reconciled to its bishop . About this time , the bishop of Winchester took leave of the king of the French , and ...
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... Saracens , using , or rather abusing , their customs and superstitions , and rejecting all Christian counsel and ... Saracen princes ; that he was distracted and led away by obscene allurements , and shamelessly polluted himself by ...
... Saracens , using , or rather abusing , their customs and superstitions , and rejecting all Christian counsel and ... Saracen princes ; that he was distracted and led away by obscene allurements , and shamelessly polluted himself by ...
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... Saracens , whom he allows to dwell in his territory , he declares that this was done voluntarily and from motives of ... Saracen harlots - who can prove it ? but he amuses himself with the jests and certain performances of some women ...
... Saracens , whom he allows to dwell in his territory , he declares that this was done voluntarily and from motives of ... Saracen harlots - who can prove it ? but he amuses himself with the jests and certain performances of some women ...
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... Saracens , —has ofttimes sent messages and presents to them , and in turn received the same from them with respect and alacrity ; he embraces their customs , notoriously keeping them with him in his daily service , and , after their ...
... Saracens , —has ofttimes sent messages and presents to them , and in turn received the same from them with respect and alacrity ; he embraces their customs , notoriously keeping them with him in his daily service , and , after their ...
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Page 24 - John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy, and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou...
Page 67 - ... St. John, attended by all the other prelates above mentioned, also dressed in such festive robes as pertained to each. After an invocation of the Holy Spirit, followed by the Litany, and other prayers having been duly read, the pope preached a sermon, prefacing it with the following text : — " Oh, all ye who pass by the way, attend, and see if there is any grief like my grief." He then proceeded with an eloquent sermon, in which he compared his five principal griefs to the five wounds of the...
Page 249 - ... 166 The third mention of Matthew's visit occurs in his account of a terrible fire in Bergen, followed, a day or two later, by a fearful thunderstorm. " A sudden flash of lightning struck a large ship which had arrived from England during the night, killing one man in it, wounding or severely bruising...
Page 273 - November in this year, the sea overflowed its bounds to a great distance, and caused irreparable injury to those dwelling near the coast ; for when the moon, according to the computation of the calendar, was in its fourth quarter, the tide flowed with swollen waters without any visible ebb or decrease. This is believed to have occurred in consequence of the strong wind which blew from the sea * VOL.