 ... Report that you had taken a Voyage to the Stygian Shades. Ogy. Nay, I thank God, I never was better in all my Life, than I have been ever since I saw you last. Men. And may you live always to confute such vain Reports : But what strange Dress is this...  Archaeologia Cantiana - Page 1221880Full view - About this book
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1725 - 620 pages
...fuch vain Reports : But what ftrange Drefs is this ? It is all over fet off with Shells fcollop'd, full of Images of Lead and Tin, and Chains of Straw- work, and the Cuffi are adorned with Snakes Eggs inftcad of Bracelets. Ogy. I have* been to pay a Vifit to St. James... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - 1846 - 460 pages
...tin and lead, trimmed with straw chains, and thy arm hath a bracelet of beads." Ogygius answers: " I visited St. James of Compostella; and, returning, I visited the Virgin beyond the sea, who is very famous among the English." Giraldus Cambrensis, in the twelfth century, states that, returning... | |
 | Charles Roach Smith - 1848 - 360 pages
...tin and lead, trimmed with straw chains, and thy arm hath a bracelet of beads." Ogygius replies : " I visited St. James of Compostella ; and, returning, I visited the Virgin beyond the sea, who is very famous among the English." As certain saints were believed to possess influence in the... | |
 | 1888 - 564 pages
...sentence occurs : — " But what strange Drete is this ? It is all over set off with shells scollop'd, full of Images of Lead and Tin, and Chains of Straw Work, and the Cuffa are adorned with Snakes Eggs instead of Bracelet«." What is the meaning of " chains of straw,"... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1878 - 480 pages
...such vain Reports : But what strange Dress is this ? It is all over set off with Shells scollop'd, full of Images of Lead and Tin, and Chains of Straw-...are adorned with Snakes Eggs instead of Bracelets. Ogy. I have been to pay a Visit to St. James at Compostclla, and after that to the famous Virgin on... | |
 | William Andrews - 1898 - 334 pages
...semi-circular shells, art covered on every side with images of tin and lead." To which the reply is, "I visited St. James of Compostella, and returning I visited the Virgin beyond the sea, who is very famous among the English." Louis XI., King of France, was greatly given to the wearing... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1899 - 408 pages
...thou wearest ? It is all set over with shells scolloped, full of images of lead and tin, and charms of straw work, and the cuffs are adorned with snakes' eggs instead of bracelets.' To which the reply is that he has been to certain shrines on pilgrimage. The late Dr. Hugo communicated... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1900 - 366 pages
...confute such vain Reports: But what strange Dress is this?1 It is all over set off with Shells scollop'd, full of Images of Lead and Tin, and Chains of Straw-...are adorned with Snakes Eggs instead of Bracelets. Ogy. I have been to pay a Visit to St. James at Compostella, and after that to the famous Virgin on... | |
 | William Andrews - 2003 - 312 pages
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