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 205
... head of his troops and capture the hated will o ' the wisp , he left Carlisle on 3 July , mounting his horse for the first time in a year . The agony proved insupportable . For three days he struggled on , reaching Burgh - on - Sands ...
... head of his troops and capture the hated will o ' the wisp , he left Carlisle on 3 July , mounting his horse for the first time in a year . The agony proved insupportable . For three days he struggled on , reaching Burgh - on - Sands ...
Page 323
... head , stuck on a pike and crowned with his mitre , was being borne round the city before being set over the gateway to London Bridge - the traditional place for traitors - and the King , shunning the desecrated Tower , made his way ...
... head , stuck on a pike and crowned with his mitre , was being borne round the city before being set over the gateway to London Bridge - the traditional place for traitors - and the King , shunning the desecrated Tower , made his way ...
Page 327
... head at him in sign of malice ; but the yeoman refused to go to him for fear of the mob . At last the lords made him go out to Wat to see what he would do in the King's presence ; and , when Wat saw him , he ordered one of his followers ...
... head at him in sign of malice ; but the yeoman refused to go to him for fear of the mob . At last the lords made him go out to Wat to see what he would do in the King's presence ; and , when Wat saw him , he ordered one of his followers ...
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