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 252
... victory at Sluys , he appears standing in a ship crowned with sword in hand . In October 1347 , he returned to England . For two dazzling years victory had crowned her every effort : a few thousand of her sons , most of them humble ...
... victory at Sluys , he appears standing in a ship crowned with sword in hand . In October 1347 , he returned to England . For two dazzling years victory had crowned her every effort : a few thousand of her sons , most of them humble ...
Page 262
... victory against odds , ' the fewer men the greater share of honour ' , he might have substituted the word ' ransom ' for honour . For the English army in France was raised on the same principle as that of a joint- stock company . The ...
... victory against odds , ' the fewer men the greater share of honour ' , he might have substituted the word ' ransom ' for honour . For the English army in France was raised on the same principle as that of a joint- stock company . The ...
Page 354
... victory . ' Few of my fathers died in their beds , ' he cried . ' Raise my banner ! Cry Douglas ! ' - - ' My wound is deep - I fain would sleep - Take thou the vanguard of the three , And bury me by the bracken bush , That grows on ...
... victory . ' Few of my fathers died in their beds , ' he cried . ' Raise my banner ! Cry Douglas ! ' - - ' My wound is deep - I fain would sleep - Take thou the vanguard of the three , And bury me by the bracken bush , That grows on ...
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Silent Vanished Races I | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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