If two men, or three, came riding to a town, all the township fled for them, concluding them to be robbers. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them; for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and... Mores Catholici: Or, Ages of Faith ... - Page 330by Kenelm Henry Digby - 1839Full view - About this book
| Anglo-Saxon chronicle - 1823 - 554 pages
...concluding them to be robbers. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them ; for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and abandoned. To till the ground was to plough the sea ' : the earth bare no corn, for the land was all laid waste... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - Church history - 1847 - 844 pages
...inflicted on wretched men in this land. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them ; for they were all accursed...were excommunicated men, and altogether diabolic. "-j- There were often traditions of mystery attached to castles, which gave them a kind of infernal... | |
| William Douglas Hamilton - 1852 - 200 pages
...concluding them to be robbers. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them, for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and abandoned. D To till the ground was to plough the sea ; the earth bare no corn — for the land was all laid waste... | |
| Great Britain - 1853 - 440 pages
...; they thought that they were robbers. The bishops and the clergy constantly cursed them, but that was nothing to them ; for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and lost. Whatever men tilled, yet the earth bore no corn, for the land was entirely destroyed with such... | |
| Anglo-Saxon chronicle - 1853 - 448 pages
...and he is called Saint William. robbers. The bishops and the clergy constantly cursed them, but that was nothing to them ; for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and lost. Whatever men tilled, yet the earth bore no corn, for the land was entirely destroyed with such... | |
| Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - Archaeology - 1854 - 682 pages
...they concluded them to be robbers. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them, for they were all accursed and forsworn and abandoned ; to till the ground was to plough the sea ; the earth bore no corn, for the land was all laid waste... | |
| William Edward Flaherty - Great Britain - 1855 - 440 pages
...Christ slept, and all His saints. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them, for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and abandoned8." The king summons the bishops of Salisbury, Ely, and r These citations are from the Saxon... | |
| William Edward Flaherty - Great Britain - 1855 - 456 pages
...Christ slept, and all His saints. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them, for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and abandoned8." The king summons the bishops of Salisbury, Ely, and ' These citations are from the Saxon... | |
| William E. Flaherty - Great Britain - 1855 - 448 pages
...Christ slept, and all His saints. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them, for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and abandoned8." The king summons the bishops of Salisbury, Ely, and ' These citations are from the Saxon... | |
| Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - Archaeology - 1856 - 220 pages
...they concluded them to be robbers. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually, but the effect thereof was nothing to them, for they were all accursed and forsworn and abandoned ; to till the ground was to plough the sea ; the earth bore no corn, for the land was all laid waste... | |
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