Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... extorted revenues , to be conferred on the pope's relations . Hence many said that he had a number of parchments not written , but sealed with the papal bull , so that he might write in them whatever he pleased , which God forbid . This ...
... extorted revenues , to be conferred on the pope's relations . Hence many said that he had a number of parchments not written , but sealed with the papal bull , so that he might write in them whatever he pleased , which God forbid . This ...
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... extorted by force many presents , which alto- gether amounted to a large sum of money . Again , when going into Gascony , he received a large , indeed almost an endless , sum of money from the prelates , religious men , bur- gesses ...
... extorted by force many presents , which alto- gether amounted to a large sum of money . Again , when going into Gascony , he received a large , indeed almost an endless , sum of money from the prelates , religious men , bur- gesses ...
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... extorted from the citizens of London . The king , therefore , eagerly gaping after money , without consulting the community of the kingdom in general , at least without the advice of his nobles , shamelessly and by force extorted ...
... extorted from the citizens of London . The king , therefore , eagerly gaping after money , without consulting the community of the kingdom in general , at least without the advice of his nobles , shamelessly and by force extorted ...
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... extorted from him , and without any difficulty to absolve him , as is but just , according to the forms of the Church , from any sentence which has perchance been pronounced by any one on account of this matter against his person or ...
... extorted from him , and without any difficulty to absolve him , as is but just , according to the forms of the Church , from any sentence which has perchance been pronounced by any one on account of this matter against his person or ...
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... extort money , might be seized on . It happened about this time , that one of the pope's messengers arrived , and ... extorting money , imprisoned the messenger himself in Dover Castle . When Master Martin heard of this , he went to the ...
... extort money , might be seized on . It happened about this time , that one of the pope's messengers arrived , and ... extorting money , imprisoned the messenger himself in Dover Castle . When Master Martin heard of this , he went to the ...
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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.