Memoirs of Captain Rock: The Celebrated Irish Chieftain, with Some Account of His Ancestors |
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... King to adopt them as his subjects , and to admit them under the shelter of the English law . They even tried the experiment of bribing the Throne into justice . " An application was made , " says Leland , " to Ufford , the chief ...
... King to adopt them as his subjects , and to admit them under the shelter of the English law . They even tried the experiment of bribing the Throne into justice . " An application was made , " says Leland , " to Ufford , the chief ...
Page 164
... King of Mer- cia - who , having murdered under his own roof , Ethelbert , King of the East Angles , who had come to sue for his daughter in marriage , invested the Church , by way of atoning for this bloody violation of hospitality ...
... King of Mer- cia - who , having murdered under his own roof , Ethelbert , King of the East Angles , who had come to sue for his daughter in marriage , invested the Church , by way of atoning for this bloody violation of hospitality ...
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... King Ethelwolf , improving on the piety of Offa , who had given him but a Tenth of his own domains , made over to them that proportion of the produce of the whole king- dom - by the blessing of which donation , as well as of three ...
... King Ethelwolf , improving on the piety of Offa , who had given him but a Tenth of his own domains , made over to them that proportion of the produce of the whole king- dom - by the blessing of which donation , as well as of three ...
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