Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 140
... King , who saw in them his only hope of obtaining the aid he needed . They were of a most drastic kind . An ad hoc Council of Fifteen was to ' have the power of advising the King in good faith concerning the government of the kingdom ...
... King , who saw in them his only hope of obtaining the aid he needed . They were of a most drastic kind . An ad hoc Council of Fifteen was to ' have the power of advising the King in good faith concerning the government of the kingdom ...
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... King's readiness to take the risk . But , though he appeared a little pensive , the boy was ready and even eager ... King's bridle , demanding to be avenged on that false traitor Prior Hales , the Treasurer , who he said had deprived him ...
... King's readiness to take the risk . But , though he appeared a little pensive , the boy was ready and even eager ... King's bridle , demanding to be avenged on that false traitor Prior Hales , the Treasurer , who he said had deprived him ...
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... King , ' wrote the Anonimalle chronicler , ' in a haughty fashion , mounted on a little horse so that he could be seen by the commons and carrying in his hand a dagger which he had taken from another man . When he had dismounted he half ...
... King , ' wrote the Anonimalle chronicler , ' in a haughty fashion , mounted on a little horse so that he could be seen by the commons and carrying in his hand a dagger which he had taken from another man . When he had dismounted he half ...
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The Coming of the English | 15 |
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