The History of Great Britain, Volume 10Strahan and Cadell, 1788 - Great Britain |
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Page 212 - The friars of the order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives...
Page 128 - the good old times," that it was not till the reign of Henry IV. (1399 — 1413) that villeins, farmers, and mechanics were permitted by law to put their children to school...
Page 84 - A king of England cannot at his pleasure make any alterations in the laws of the land, for the nature of his government is not only regal, but political.
Page 221 - And thy desire sall forthward with the gone. IX. Be trewe, and meke, and stedfast in thy thought, And diligent her merci to procure, Not onely in thy word, for word is nought, Bot gif thy werk and all thy besy cure Accord thereto, and vtrid* be mesure, The place, the houre, the maner, and the wise, Gife mercy sall admitten thy servise.
Page 322 - Playing cards were made, and probably first invented about the end of the fourteenth or beginning of the fifteenth century, by...
Page 318 - ... dressed in different ways, according to the fashion of the times. The sideboards were plentifully furnished with ale, beer, and wines, which were handed to the company when called for, in pewter and wooden cups, by the mareschaJs, groems, yeomen, and waiters of .the chamber, ranged in regular order.
Page 289 - But this was owing to neceffity, arifing from the fcarcity of inns, which obliged travellers and ftrangers to apply to private perfons for lodging and entertainment ; and thofe who received them hofpitably acquired a right to a fimilar reception. This was evidently the cafe in Scotland in the firft part of this period.
Page 215 - Vnto impnis of my maisteris dere, Gowere and Chaucere, that on the steppis satt Of rethorike, quhill thai were lyvand here, Superlatiue as poetis laureate, In moralitee and eloquence ornate, I recommend my buk in lynis seven, And eke thair saulis vnto the blisse of hevin.
Page 315 - These glutton-masses were celebrated five times a year, in honour of the Virgin Mary, in this manner : Early in the morning, the people of the parish assembled in the church, loaded with ample stores of meats and drinks of all kinds. As soon as mass ended, the feast began, in which the clergy and laity engaged with equal ardour.
Page 140 - Sen every wight has thereof suffisance, That I behold, and I a creature Put from all this, hard is myn aventure ? VIII.