Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... thousand 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 ...
... thousand 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 ...
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... thousand armed knights , well mounted , although not on Spanish or Italian , or other costly horses , and well protected by armour of steel or linen , and about a hundred thousand foot - soldiers , who were all of one mind , and who ...
... thousand armed knights , well mounted , although not on Spanish or Italian , or other costly horses , and well protected by armour of steel or linen , and about a hundred thousand foot - soldiers , who were all of one mind , and who ...
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... thousand well - armed knights , besides a very nu- merous and powerful body of foot - soldiers . Of the incursions of the Welsh . During all this time , the Welsh , swarming from their lurking - places , like bees , spread fire and ...
... thousand well - armed knights , besides a very nu- merous and powerful body of foot - soldiers . Of the incursions of the Welsh . During all this time , the Welsh , swarming from their lurking - places , like bees , spread fire and ...
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... thousand virgins . When the prince heard this message , he was overcome with grief , and said , - " As God lives , and as his saints live , I will never comply with any one of these demands : I would rather that we fought for our lives ...
... thousand virgins . When the prince heard this message , he was overcome with grief , and said , - " As God lives , and as his saints live , I will never comply with any one of these demands : I would rather that we fought for our lives ...
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... . This said Robert Passlow , by thus adding some thousands of marks to the royal treasury , obtained the king's favour in a wonderful degree ; on seeing which , the canons of Chi- A.D. 1244. ] THE KING OFFERS COSTLY PRESENTS . 41.
... . This said Robert Passlow , by thus adding some thousands of marks to the royal treasury , obtained the king's favour in a wonderful degree ; on seeing which , the canons of Chi- A.D. 1244. ] THE KING OFFERS COSTLY PRESENTS . 41.
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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.