A History of England: From the First Invasion by the Romans, Volume 3A. and W. Galignani and Company, 1840 - Great Britain |
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Page 335 - The king started a little, and said, " By my faith, my lord, I thank you for my " good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws " broken in my sight; my attorney must speak with
Page 69 - England, and the crown, with all the members and " appurtenances, as that I am descended by right line of blood, "coming from the good lord, king Henry III., and through that "right that God, of his grace, hath sent me with help of my kin " and of my friends to recover it : the which realm was in point to " be undone for default of governance, and undoing of good laws.
Page 123 - I would not have a single man more. If God gives us the victory, the fewer we are the more honour ; and, if we lose, the less will be the loss to our country. But we will not lose ; fight as you were wont to do, and before night the pride of our numberless enemies shall be humbled to the dust.
Page 296 - God," was studiously omitted; and it was merely enacted that "the inheritance of the crown should be, rest, remain, and abide in the most royal person of the then sovereign lord, King Henry VII, and the heirs of his body lawfully coming, perpetually with the grace of God so to endure, and in none other.
Page 22 - Wiclif made a new translation, multiplied the copies with the aid of transcribers, and by his poor priests recommended it to the perusal of their hearers. In their hands it became an engine of wonderful power. Men were flattered with the appeal to their private judgment; the new doctrines insensibly acquired partisans and protectors in the higher classes, who alone were acquainted with the use of letters ; a spirit of inquiry was generated ; and the seeds were sown of that religious revolution which,...
Page 65 - I rode all night to save him ; and his father delivered him to me, to do with him as I pleased. How true is the saying, that we have no greater enemy than the man whom we have preserved from the gallows ! Another time he drew his sword on me in the chamber of the queen, on whom God have mercy ! He was also the accomplice of the duke of Gloucester and the earl of Arundel ; he consented to my murder, to that of his father, and of all my council. By St. John, I forgave him all ; nor would I believe...
Page 335 - By my faith, my lord, I thank " you for your good cheer: but I may not endure to " have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must
Page 219 - My father was King; his father also was King; I myself have worn the crown forty years from my cradle ; you have all sworn fealty to me as your sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to mine. How then can my right be disputed...
Page 284 - It adopted and confirmed the celebrated petition presented to Richard during his protectorate; pronounced him "undoubted king of this " realm of England as well by right of consanguinity " and inheritance, as by lawful election, consecration " and coronation;" and entailed the crown on the issue of his body, particularly his son, Edward prince of Wales, whose succession the lords spiritual and temporal bound themselves to uphold. Then followed a bill of attainder, which, though a common measure in...
Page 221 - When he was asked his name, unable to speak through terror, he fell on his knees ; and his attendant, thinking to save him, said that he was the son of the duke. " Then," exclaimed Clifford, " as thy father slew mine, " so will I slay thee, and all of thy kin," and plunging his dagger into the breast of the young prince, bade the tutor go, and bear the news to the boy's mother. The queen on her arrival was presented with the head of her enemy, the duke, and ordered it to be encircled with a diadem...