 Against slanderous reports or tales, to cause discord betwixt king and people.' (Westm. Primer, c. 34. anno 3. Edw. I.) That it had this effect is the opinion of an eminent writer : See ' Observations upon the Statutes, &c.  The history of Wallingford - Page 329by John Kirby Hedges - 1881Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 400 pages
...of Alemaigne, probably occasioned a statute against libels in the year 1'.'75, under the title — " Against slanderous reports, or tales to cause discord betwixt king and people." But it should seem that the general spirit of satirising had grown to such an extravagance, as called loudly... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1840 - 534 pages
...Richard of Alemaigne probably occasioned a statute against libels in the year 1275, under the title, " Against slanderous reports, or tales to cause discord betwixt king and people 1 ." That this spirit was growing to an extravagance which deserved to be checked, we shall have occasion... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1841 - 428 pages
...adherents of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in the fugitive day of his victory in 1264, occasioned a statute against " slanderous reports or tales to cause discord betwixt king and people," a spirit which by no means was put down by that enactment.f This was a ballad sung to the people, as... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1841 - 426 pages
...adherents of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in the fugitive day of his victory in 1264, occasioned a statute against " slanderous reports or tales to cause discord betwixt king and people," _ a spirit which by no means was put down by that enactment.f This was a ballad sung to the people,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 462 pages
...adherents of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in the fugitive day of his victory in 1264, occasioned a statute against " slanderous reports or tales to cause discord betwixt king and people," a spirit which by no means was put down by that enactmentt. This was a ballad sung to the people, as... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1842 - 366 pages
...adherents of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in the fugitive day of his victory in 1264, occasioned a statute against "slanderous reports or tales to cause discord betwixt king and people," a spirit which by no means was put down by that enactment.* This was a ballad sung to the people, as... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1842 - 364 pages
...adherents of Simon de Montfbrt, Earl of Leicester, in the fugitive day of his victory in 1264, occasioned a statute against "slanderous reports or tales to cause discord betwixt king and people," a spirit which by no means was put down by that enactment.* This was a ballad sung to the people, as... | |
 | John Mathew Gutch - Ballads, English - 1847 - 458 pages
...dudst us a shreward, Forsoke thyn emes lore. Richard, thah thou be ever, <fec. Statute Book, viz., " against slanderous reports or tales, to cause discord betwixt king and people."— (Westm. Primer, c. xxxiv. anno 3, Edw. I). That it had this effect is the opinion of an eminent writer.... | |
 | John Mathew Gutch - Ballads, English - 1850 - 454 pages
...dudst us a shrcward, Forsoke thyn emes lore. Richard, thah thou be ever, &c. Statute Book, viz., " against slanderous reports or tales, to cause discord betwixt king and people."— (Westm. Primer, c. xxxiv. anno 3, Edw. I). That it had this effect is the opinion of an eminent writer.... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1851 - 344 pages
...some of the above-mentioned ballads seem to have occasioned a statute against libels in 1275, entitled "Against slanderous reports, or tales to cause discord betwixt king and people". Probably, through dread of this statute, as well as of ecclesiastical censure, the allegorical species... | |
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