Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the Middle Ages, Volume 1H.K. Causton, 1841 - Calendar |
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... xx . leugiarum , " which , besides the Norman hand , clearly establish it as a forgery after the conquest . - Hickes , Diss . Epist . , p . BOOK I. charters . Sir Edward Coke mentions a sealed 10 ON CHARTERS AND DATES .
... xx . leugiarum , " which , besides the Norman hand , clearly establish it as a forgery after the conquest . - Hickes , Diss . Epist . , p . BOOK I. charters . Sir Edward Coke mentions a sealed 10 ON CHARTERS AND DATES .
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... hands , Magna Charta was read , the king all the time laying his hand on his breast , and at last solemnly swearing faith- fully and inviolably to observe all its contents . At the end of the royal oath , the bishops extinguished the ...
... hands , Magna Charta was read , the king all the time laying his hand on his breast , and at last solemnly swearing faith- fully and inviolably to observe all its contents . At the end of the royal oath , the bishops extinguished the ...
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... hands of Mr. Baines , who , supposing that Dr. Clarke had found the original among the government records , in- serted it in his account of that town , at the same time re- marking , that the new sea - port seemed to have been of so ...
... hands of Mr. Baines , who , supposing that Dr. Clarke had found the original among the government records , in- serted it in his account of that town , at the same time re- marking , that the new sea - port seemed to have been of so ...
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... hand . 10. The formula , " feliciter , " is frequently used at the end of dates , and in the subscriptions of royal diplomas anterior to the tenth century . 11. Dates of the indiction , and years of the incarnation , in diplomas of ...
... hand . 10. The formula , " feliciter , " is frequently used at the end of dates , and in the subscriptions of royal diplomas anterior to the tenth century . 11. Dates of the indiction , and years of the incarnation , in diplomas of ...
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... hands to one arm and the head , his feet to the other arm and the foot , and his head in the air . After all , St. John Chrysostom , in his sermon on the festival of St. Andrew , says that the saint was crucified on an olive tree , † in ...
... hands to one arm and the head , his feet to the other arm and the foot , and his head in the air . After all , St. John Chrysostom , in his sermon on the festival of St. Andrew , says that the saint was crucified on an olive tree , † in ...
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Page 161 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Page 69 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Page 100 - He then inquires for the children, and according to the character which he hears from the parent, he gives them the intended present, as if they came out of heaven from Jesus Christ. Or, if they should have been bad children, he gives the parents a rod, and in the • name of his master recommends them to use it frequently. About seven or eight years old the children are let into the secret, and it is curious to observe how faithfully they keep it.
Page 218 - ... crowns of flowers. When this is done they return with their booty homewards, about the rising of the sun, and make their doors and windows to triumph in the flowery spoil. The...
Page 276 - Lamb, which being dressed, with the skin hanging on, is carried on a long pole before the lady and her companions to the Green, attended with music, and a Morisco dance of men, and another of women, where the rest of the day is spent in dancing, mirth, and merry glee.
Page 84 - Wassaile the trees that they may beare You many a plum and many a peare; For more or less fruits they will bring As you so give them wassailing.
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Page 135 - ... take a row of pins and pull out every one, one after another, saying a...
Page 281 - I bans, to dress his characters. Fitzstephen writing in 1174, says that, " London, for its theatrical exhibitions, has religious plays, either the representations of miracles wrought by holy confessors, or the sufferings of martyrs.
Page 133 - ... up, but if any gave to them bread, or other feeding, such would they know, watch for, and daily follow, whining till they had somewhat given them ; whereupon was raised a proverb, " Such an one will follow such an one, and whine as it were an...