Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the Middle Ages, Volume 1H.K. Causton, 1841 - Calendar |
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... Lord's sword or helmet , a horn or cup ; and many tenements with a spur , a curry - comb , a bow , and some with an arrow . " || * Digest of Laws of Engl . , Vol . IV . , ch . 20 , p . 275 . + Formulare Anglicanum , Dissert . , s . xxiv ...
... Lord's sword or helmet , a horn or cup ; and many tenements with a spur , a curry - comb , a bow , and some with an arrow . " || * Digest of Laws of Engl . , Vol . IV . , ch . 20 , p . 275 . + Formulare Anglicanum , Dissert . , s . xxiv ...
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... Lord Lyttleton considers it to be " old English , " a very loose and indefinite description , for pure Saxon may be so denominated . Robert of Gloucester , in this reign , has a passage in which he says , that the Nor- Norman contempt ...
... Lord Lyttleton considers it to be " old English , " a very loose and indefinite description , for pure Saxon may be so denominated . Robert of Gloucester , in this reign , has a passage in which he says , that the Nor- Norman contempt ...
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... lord chief justice , who was beheaded in 5 Richard II . , 1382 , made his will partly in Latin and partly in French , assigning as the reason of his deviation from the first to the second , that the French language was more natural to ...
... lord chief justice , who was beheaded in 5 Richard II . , 1382 , made his will partly in Latin and partly in French , assigning as the reason of his deviation from the first to the second , that the French language was more natural to ...
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... lord , and lie under the last curse , that he be separated from the company of the saints , to be damned with the wicked to avenging flames , unless he satisfactorily amend that , which , with rash iniquity , he have corrupted . * A ...
... lord , and lie under the last curse , that he be separated from the company of the saints , to be damned with the wicked to avenging flames , unless he satisfactorily amend that , which , with rash iniquity , he have corrupted . * A ...
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... Lord 1306 , and the first of Edward II . , dominicial letter A , the moon current 16 days , on Wednesday next after the feast of the Epiphany , and in the 4th year of Pope John , all the brethren of the temple were seized in pursuance ...
... Lord 1306 , and the first of Edward II . , dominicial letter A , the moon current 16 days , on Wednesday next after the feast of the Epiphany , and in the 4th year of Pope John , all the brethren of the temple were seized in pursuance ...
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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.
Page 9 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels...
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...