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" They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when the castles were finished they filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and by day, seizing both... "
English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature - Page 20
by Henry Morley - 1888
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Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs ...

Charles Sandys - 1851 - 408 pages
...those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and by day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable, for never were any martyrs tormented as these were. They hung some up by their feet,...
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Outlines of the history of England, Volume 1

William Douglas Hamilton - 1852 - 200 pages
...they filled them with devils and evil men ; then took they the men that they weened had any goods, both by night and by day, peasant men and women, and...for their gold and silver, and tortured them with tortures not to be told, for never were any martyrs so tortured as they were : some they hung up by...
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The student's text-book of English and general history from B.C. 100

Dorothea Beale - 1858 - 188 pages
...castle-works, and filled them with devils and evil men ; then they took those they weened had any goods and put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with tortures. In these castles were things loathy and grim ; I cannot and may not tell all the pains they...
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History of England from the Earliest Times to the Year 1858

James White - 1860 - 874 pages
...wretched people. They took those whom they suspected to have any goods by night and by day, seizing both men and women, and put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable. They hung some up by their feet, and smoked them with foul smoke, some by their...
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History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Year Eighteen Hundred and ...

James White - 1860 - 874 pages
...wretched people. They took those whom they suspected to have any goods by night and by day, seizing both men and women, and put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable. They hung some up by their feet, and smoked them with foul smoke, some by their...
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Outlines of Enlgish history

Robert Ross (of Cheltenham.) - 1860 - 256 pages
...those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and by day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable, for never were any martyrs tormented as these were. They hung some up by the feet,...
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, According to the ..., Volume 2; Volume 23, Part 2

Benjamin Thorpe - 1861 - 352 pages
...forfeited their troth ; for every powerful man made his castles, and held them against him; and they filled the land full of castles. They cruelly oppressed the...unutterable torture ; for never were martyrs so tortured ns they were. They hanged them up by the feet, and smoked them with foul smoke ; they hanged them by...
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Petworth: A Sketch of Its History and Antiquities, with Notices of Objects ...

Frederick Henry Arnold - 1864 - 136 pages
...took those whom they suspected to have goods, by night and by day, seizing both men and women and they put them in prison for their gold and silver and tortured them with pains unspeakable. Thev hun<r some uit bv their feet and smoked them \vitli fnnl HOUSE OF PERCI. 15...
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The History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick, Volume 1

George Tate - 1866 - 522 pages
...evil men. There they took those whom they suspected to have any goods by night and by day, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable, for never were any martyrs tormented as these were. They hung some by the feet,...
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Hereward the Wake: "last of the English", Volume 2

Charles Kingsley - 1866 - 422 pages
...and evil men. They took those whom they suspected of having any goods, both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable, for never were any martyrs tormented as these were. They hung some by their feet,...
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