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 210
... horses and men passed in endless procession through the streets of Falkirk : ' Banners right fairly flaming And pencels to the wind waving . ' So impressive was the sight that Bruce forbade those who had seen it to speak of it to their ...
... horses and men passed in endless procession through the streets of Falkirk : ' Banners right fairly flaming And pencels to the wind waving . ' So impressive was the sight that Bruce forbade those who had seen it to speak of it to their ...
Page 271
... horses and soon began to tire . In the end they , too , fell back in confusion . At this point , just as the English were beginning to think the battle was over , the last and largest of the French columns , led by King John , appeared ...
... horses and soon began to tire . In the end they , too , fell back in confusion . At this point , just as the English were beginning to think the battle was over , the last and largest of the French columns , led by King John , appeared ...
Page 392
... horses or in rough , box - like , two - wheeled carts , drawn by oxen , donkeys or dogs , and requisitioned from the countryside . A few great ladies – a queen or some royal invalid - might ride in a litter borne between horses or in a ...
... horses or in rough , box - like , two - wheeled carts , drawn by oxen , donkeys or dogs , and requisitioned from the countryside . A few great ladies – a queen or some royal invalid - might ride in a litter borne between horses or in a ...
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