A History of England: From the First Invasion by the Romans, Volume 2A. and W. Galignani and Company, 1840 |
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Page 335 - Of his courage as a combatant, and his abilities as a general, the reader will have formed a competent opinion from the preceding pages. The astonishing victories, which cast so much glory on one period of his reign, appear to have dazzled the eyes both of his subjects and foreigners, who placed him in the first rank of conquerors : but the disasters, which clouded the evening of his life, have furnished a proof that his ambition was greater than his judgment. He was at last convinced that the crowns...
Page 260 - homage and fealty of the persons named in my pro" curacy ; and acquit and discharge them thereof, in " the best manner that law and custom will give. And " I now make protestation in their name that they will " no longer be in your fealty or allegiance, nor claim to " hold any thing of you as king, but will account you " hereafter as a private person, without any manner of
Page 68 - ... towards our other barons of England, unless it ought to be otherwise, according to the charters which we hold from William, his father, the former King of the Scots.
Page 206 - ... the same interests and the same views : a form of peace (so it was called) was speedily arranged ; and to the ancient enactments of the charters were appended the following most important...
Page 298 - Those that were in the front halted ; but those behind said they would not halt until they were as forward as the front. When the front perceived the rear pressing on, they pushed forward : and neither the king nor the marshals could stop them, but...
Page 225 - ... received from the aforesaid grants ; that his sister the lady Vescy, who had procured these grants, should never more come within the limits of the court, and should restore to the king her castle of Bamborough, which in reality belonged to the crown. And that, to prevent delay in the administration of justice, parliaments should be holden at least once, and, if need should be, oftener...
Page 78 - Wrapped in this ponderous habit, with his head only at liberty, the unhappy man remained without food or assistance till he expired. On another occasion he demanded a present of ten thousand marks from an opulent Jew at Bristol, and ordered one of his teeth to be drawn every morning till he should pay the money.
Page 227 - To a proposal to save his life, a voice replied, " You have caught the fox ; if you let him go, you will have to hunt him again...
Page 200 - But Edward promised, the Friars preached, in vain. Nothing could wean the Jews from their attachment to the law of Moses.
Page 300 - His crest, three ostrich feathers, with the motto "Ich dien," I serve, was adopted by the prince of Wales, and has been always borne by his successors.