Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... marks ; to which demand the king replied , that his nobles , prelates and clerks , as well as earls , barons , and knights , had been so often despoiled of their property by divers devices , that they had now scarcely enough left for ...
... marks ; to which demand the king replied , that his nobles , prelates and clerks , as well as earls , barons , and knights , had been so often despoiled of their property by divers devices , that they had now scarcely enough left for ...
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... marks from each scutcheon . After this , the fortieth part of all moveable property was granted to him ; and again , a thirtieth part . Again , when he gave his sister Isabella in marriage to the emperor , he received as a marriage ...
... marks from each scutcheon . After this , the fortieth part of all moveable property was granted to him ; and again , a thirtieth part . Again , when he gave his sister Isabella in marriage to the emperor , he received as a marriage ...
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... marks on the body , and the indentations made by rods , and manifest signs and traces of some other punishments . When the aforesaid converts were brought forth to read the inscriptions , they examined and endeavoured to read them for ...
... marks on the body , and the indentations made by rods , and manifest signs and traces of some other punishments . When the aforesaid converts were brought forth to read the inscriptions , they examined and endeavoured to read them for ...
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... marks of the five wounds in the side , hands , and feet , were not visible in the body of the said boy , yet the canons of St. Paul's hurried the body away and buried it , with the proper ceremonies , near the great altar in their ...
... marks of the five wounds in the side , hands , and feet , were not visible in the body of the said boy , yet the canons of St. Paul's hurried the body away and buried it , with the proper ceremonies , near the great altar in their ...
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... marks and upwards until his cupidity should be satisfied . Hence the wretched English suffered worse than the sons of Israel of old , and grieved that they were obliged to endure slavery in the Egypt of Britain . Of the dispute between ...
... marks and upwards until his cupidity should be satisfied . Hence the wretched English suffered worse than the sons of Israel of old , and grieved that they were obliged to endure slavery in the Egypt of Britain . Of the dispute between ...
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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.