Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to AntiquityThe Society, 1842 |
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Page 395 - ... better practised to the ice, and bind to their shoes bones, as the legs of some beasts, and hold stakes in their hands headed with sharp iron, which sometimes they strike against the ice ; and these men go ' on with speed as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine...
Page 191 - Ceolwulf, an unwise king's thane ; and he swore oaths to them and gave hostages, that it should be ready for them, on whatever day they would have it ; and that he would be ready in his own person, and with all who would follow him, for the behoof of the army.
Page 309 - Edward ; and then he held up his hands, and thanked God thereof. And he said he never knew him till that time ; nor wist not what was said to him, nor wist not where he had been, whilst he hath been sick till now ; and he asked who were godfathers, and the queen told him, and he was well apaid (content).
Page 32 - To my dear son the King, my new bed of red velvet, embroidered with ostrich feathers of silver, and heads of leopards of gold with boughs and leaves issuing out of their mouths.
Page 261 - Westminster, had been taken away, sold, and destroyed, the committee (appointed to order the ceremony) met divers times not only to direct the re-making such royal ornaments and regalia, but even to settle the form and fashion of each particular, all which did then retain the old names and fashion, although they had been newly made and prepared by orders given to the Earl of Sandwich, Master of the Great Wardrobe, and Sir Gilbert Talbot, Knt., Master of the Jewel House.
Page 199 - ... previous to Alfred's birth, and a short continuation from the same source. It was printed by Gale, and goes under the name of Asserii Annales ; but its more proper title is said to be the Chronicle of St. Neot's, it having been written there. This circumstance, and the use made of the life of St. Neot,* lead me to suggest that the writer of the life of Alfred was a monk of that house. It does not appear, on an investigation of the subject, that any person has ever seen a MS. of Asser which can...
Page 393 - Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Page 192 - ... active and interested in them, accompanied with vivid sketches and clear views of the policy and character of that great monarch. When we turn to Asser, we seem to have a writer who would fain imitate the biographer of the Prankish Emperor, but who only knows the history of his hero from one bare chronicle, and depends upon popular traditions for his views of his personal character. There is clearly much that is legendary and not historically true in Asser
Page 395 - When that great moor, which washeth Moorfields at the north wall of the city, is frozen over, great companies of young men go to sport upon the ice,
Page 195 - English people, though many could read English writing, then I began among other divers and manifold affairs of this kingdom to translate into English the book which is named in Latin...