 William, not to be behind with his enemy in vaunting, sent him a message by some monks, requiring him either to resign the kingdom, or to hold it of him in fealty, or to submit their cause to the arbitration of the pope, or to fight him in single combat....  A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Page 111by George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Russell - 1802 - 550 pages
...blood; and William, not to be behind him in vaunting, commanded him to resign the crown of England, to submit their cause to the arbitration of the pope, or to fight him in single combat. Harold replied, that the God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all their differences'6. JBoth armies... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 442 pages
...was a sum of mo- ' ney, if he would quit the kingdom ; the duke pf Normandy in return required him to resign the crown, or to hold it of him in fealty, or to submit their cause to the pope, or to the chance of single combat : That the god of battle should soon be the arbiter of all... | |
 | David Hume - 1807 - 524 pages
...his enemy in vaunting, sent him a message by some monks, requiring him either to resign tlie kingdom, or to hold it of him in fealty, or .to submit their...the pope, or to fight him in single combat. Harold replied, that the God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all their differences.1 THE 'Higden,... | |
 | 1809 - 306 pages
...his enemy in vaunting, sent him a message by some monks, requiring him either to resign Ihe kingdom, or to hold it of him in fealty, or to submit their...the pope, or to fight him in single combat. Harold replied, that the God of bat* ties would soon be the arbiter of all their differences. Tlie English... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 522 pages
...his enemy in vaunting, sent him a message by some monks, requiring him either to resign the kingdom, or to hold it of him in fealty, or to submit their...the Pope, or to fight him in single combat. Harold replied, that the God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all their differences'. ' Higden, p.... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 pages
...blood; and William, not to be behind him in vaunting, commanded him to resign the crown of England, to submit their cause to the arbitration of the pope, or to fight him iu single combat. Harold replied, that the God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all their differences.... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...blood ; and Williara, not to be behind him in vaunting, commanded him to resign the crown of England, to submit their cause to the arbitration of the pope, or to fight him iu single combat. Harold replied, that Uie God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all their differences.... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett - 1825 - 480 pages
...his enemy in vaunting, sent him a message by some monks, requiring him either to resign the kingdom, or to hold it of him in fealty, or to submit their...the pope, or to fight him in single combat. Harold replied, that the God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all their differences.11 The English... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...his enemy in vaunting, sent him u message by some monks, requiring him either to resign the kingdom, or to hold it of him in fealty, or to submit their cause to the arbitration of the pope, or to tight him in single combat. Harold replied, that the God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all... | |
 | William Russell - 1839 - 582 pages
...blood ; and William, not to be behind him in vaunting, commanded him to resign the crown of England, to submit their cause to the arbitration of the pope, or to fight him in single combat. Harold replied, that the God of battles would soon be the arbiter of all their differences.(l) Both armies... | |
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