| Edward Augustus Freeman - 1869 - 838 pages
...bring about submission. Harrying then as he went, William reached Romney. The words which describe his doings there are short, pithy, and terrible. "...took what vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men."s 1 Domesday, 4 b. " Rex habet nmne servitiuu1 ab ets, et ipsi habent omnes consuetudinea et alias... | |
| Edward Augustus Freeman - 1869 - 810 pages
...bring about submission. Harrying then as he went, William reached Romney. The words which describe his doings there are short, pithy, and terrible. "...took what vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men."5 1 Domesday, 4 4. " Rex habet omne servitium ab eis, et ipsi habent omnes consuetudines et alias... | |
| Edward Augustus Freeman - 1873 - 560 pages
...See vol. ip 243. ensem provinciam devastabat, et villas ere- 5 See above, p. 276. * -which describe his doings there are short, pithy, and terrible. "...took what vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men."1 The next point of his march was one where he might expect to be checked by an obstacle such... | |
| Edward Augustus Freeman - 1875 - 858 pages
...Harrying then as he went, His ven- William reached Romney. The words which set forth his geancc at Romney. doings there are short, pithy, and terrible. " He...vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men." He The next point of his march was one where he might marches to Dover- look to be checked by an obstacle... | |
| Edward A. Freeman - 1875 - 870 pages
...submission. Harrying then as he went, His ven- William reached Romney. The words which set forth his Romney. doings there are short, pithy, and terrible. " He...vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men." 2 He The next point of his march was one where he might to Dover, look to be checked by an obstacle... | |
| Edward Augustus Freeman - 1875 - 860 pages
...then as he went, His ven- William reached Romney. The words which set forth his geju1ce at Romney. doings there are short, pithy, and terrible. "He took what vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men."2 He The next point of his march was one where he might marches to Dover, look to be checked by... | |
| Mandell Creighton - 1886 - 744 pages
...first to Romney, and as he marched his soldiers spread havoc round their path. At Romney we read, ' he took what vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men/ Next he marched to Dover, and that strong fortress yielded without a blow. He stayed there eight days,... | |
| London (England). Naval exhibition - 1891 - 656 pages
...grimly recorded that the first thing William did after his victory was to march to Romney, where " he took what vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men." Until the early part of the fourteenth century the " king's ships" were a mere skeleton force which... | |
| Montagu Burrows - 1892 - 310 pages
...first thing William did after his victory was to march to Dover by way of Romney, and at that place ' he took what vengeance he would for the slaughter of his men,' — a terribly suggestive statement. It is said that a portion of his fleet, attempting a landing at... | |
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