 your grace, that were not for mine ease : they are " most of them my retainers, that are come to do " me service at such a time as this, and chiefly to " see your grace." The king started a little, and said, " By my faith, my lord, I thank you for my...  Writings historical. Letters - Page 168by Francis Bacon - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville Countess of Warwick - 1903 - 452 pages
...up for his ceremonious reception. " Thank you for your good cheer, my lord," he said ; " but I must not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you." And the attorney spoke with the Earl of Oxford, and fixed his penalty at a fine of ;£ 10,000. The extortion... | |
 | Harmon Bay Niver - 1904 - 438 pages
...honor your Majesty," answered the earl. " I thank you for your good cheer," said the king, " but I can not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney will see you." The earl was afterwards brought before the king's court and fined 10,000 pounds. The... | |
 | Albert Perry Walker - 1905 - 606 pages
...occasion of a visit from Henry. " By my faith, my Lord," said Henry, " I thank you for your good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you; " and Oxford paid a fine of £10,000 for his pride. In order to reach offenders too powerful to dread the... | |
 | Arthur Donald Innes - 1906 - 464 pages
...Whereupon " The king started a little, and said, ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for my good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my...compounded for no less than fifteen thousand marks." It is obvious that such a story might have been developed out of some really quite justifiable incident... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding, William Fletcher Harding - 1909 - 402 pages
...to the ELIZABETH OF YORK She holds a white rose, emblem of the Yorkists Henry Earl, " but I cannot endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you." For his disobedience to the law, the Earl was afterwards fined the great sum of £10,000. Another means... | |
 | Charles McLean Andrews - 1912 - 514 pages
...drawn up to receive him. " I thank you for your good cheer, my lord," said Henry, as they parted, " but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you." The earl was glad to escape with a fine of £15,000. 1487] HENRY'S METHOD OF OBTAINING MONEY. 185 During... | |
 | Henry Charles Shelley - 1913 - 498 pages
...Grace. ' The king started a little, and said, ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my...compounded for no less than fifteen thousand marks." In other words, the desire of the Earl of Oxford to show fit honour to Jus royal guest cost him no... | |
 | Ernesto Cesare Longobardi - 1913 - 270 pages
...liveried retainers. « I thank you for your good cheer, my Lord — said Henry in taking leave — but 1 may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you ». And the lord paid a fine of 10,000 pounds. The power of the Parliament lay in its right of taxation, which... | |
 | Laurence Marcellus Larson - 1915 - 734 pages
...nothing until he was ready to leave. He thanked the lord for hospitality and good cheer; "but," he added, "I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you." 4 The attorney 1 Review sec. 187. 3 Review sec. 144. appeared and the earl had to pay 15,000 pounds.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1996 - 284 pages
...536-37; Speed 749-50. started a little, and said, By my faith, (my lord) I thank you for my good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. 652 My attorney must speak with you. And it is part of the report, that the Earl compounded for 653... | |
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