The Chronicle of the Kings of England,: From the Norman Conquest Unto the Present TimeT. Cooper, 1742 - 77 pages |
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Acts of King affembled alfo alſo Anſwer arofe Baliol Battle Becket began to reign behold called cauſed Charles Chronicles Church Commonwealth of England Coufin Court Crown deſtroy died Duke Edward the King England thirty Evil Father faying fent Meffengers unto fet himſelf feven fhall fhould Firſt flain flept fome fought France ftead Geoffery Chaucere Glory Hand hath Heart herſelf Hiftorian Honour Houſe Howbeit Idols increaſed infomuch Jack Straw James kindled againſt King Henry Kingdom Kings of England Land Lord Months Moreover moſt Mother's Name ND Henry Nevertheleſs Nobles Number pafs Parliament paſs Perfons pleaſed Pope Prefence Prieſts Prince Priſon reigned over England reſt reſtored Richard the King ſaying ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtead Sword thee thefe themſelves thereof theſe Days Things thoſe thou thouſand took Toribundos Tower of London unto himſelf unto the King unto this Day Wat the Tyler Wherefore whofe William WILLIAM the Conqueror Wiſdom woe unto
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Page 12 - Amurath the first was slain, and Edward the first of England was wounded, was put down and rooted out by common consent of the Mahometan princes. The Anabaptists, it is true, come nearest.
Page 37 - Rehoboam and all that he did are they not written in the books of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Page 33 - KING made unto himself a great IDOL, the likeness of which was not in Heaven above, nor in the Earth beneath; and he reared up his Head unto...
Page 5 - I. WILLIAM the Conqueror. OW it came to pafs in the year one thoufand fixty and fix, in the month of September, on the eighth day of the month, that William of Normandy, furnamed the baftard, landed in England, and pitched his tent in a field near the town of Haftings. Then Harold the king, attended by all his nobles, came forth to meet him with a numerous army, and gave him battle. And it was fought from the rifing of the fun even to the going down of the fame. But the Lord .gave up Harold into...
Page 7 - Now it came to pals that the fon of king James the fecond, who had been abroad fince his father's abdication, attempted to fet himfelf on the throne of Great Britain. And there were great commotions in the land, and the fpirits of the people were ftirred up to rebellion...
Page 5 - Now it came to pass in the year one thousand sixty and six, in the 20 month of September, on the eighth day of the month, that William of Normandy, surnamed the Bastard, landed in England, and pitched his tent in a field near the town of Hastings. Then Harold the King, attended by all his nobles, came forth to meet him with a numerous army, and gave him battle : and it was fought from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same.
Page 14 - Ihe was poifoned by Eleanor the Queen, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicle of the Kings of England*. And Henry flept with his Fathers, and Richard his Son reigned in his flead.
Page 11 - And he chofe unto himfelf wife and difcreet counfellors of ftate, he appointed learned and able men to reform abufes in the laws, he difbanded alfo the foreign army which his father had kept, and utterly deftroyed the caftles and forts which the nobles and prelates had built in his reign. And it came to pafs, that grievous complaints were made unto the king of divers cruel offences and enormous crimes committed by the clergy, occafioned by their being exempted in the former...
Page 23 - And the virgin was covered with fhame, infomuch that flie fpake not a word. But the impudence of the thing incenfed her father, and his indignation kindled againft the officer, and he had a hammer in his hand, with which he ftrake him on the head that his brains came out. And immediately a great tumult arofe, and all die people defended the action of Wat the tyler, and praifed his courage : moreover they chofe him...
Page 37 - Wisdom and strength were in her right hand, and in her left were glory and wealth. "She spake, and it was war ; she waved her hand, and the nations dwelt in peace. " Her Ministers were just, and her counsellors were sage ; her captains were bold, and her maids of honour ate beefsteaks for their breakfast.