| George Bate - 1651 - 284 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey, and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alma who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness... | |
| Thomas Keightley - 1839 - 528 pages
...thou mightest go a whole day's journey and shouldest never find a man sitting [dwelling] in a town or land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some took to alms who were one time rich men ; some fled out of the land ; never yet was more wretchedness... | |
| Anglo-Saxon chronicle - 1853 - 448 pages
...a whole day's journey and never find a man remaining in a town, nor the land tilled. Then was cor n dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there...had never yet been greater wretchedness in the land; rwr ever did heathen men worse than they did; for, after a time, they spared neither church nor churchyard,... | |
| Robert Vaughan - 1859 - 668 pages
...man remaining in a town, nor the land tilled. Then was com dear, and flesh, and cheese, and hutter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger; some went a-begging who formerly were rich men ; some fled out of the country. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township... | |
| Benjamin Thorpe - 1861 - 352 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey and thou shouldst never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness... | |
| John Hill Burton - 1864 - 370 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey and thou shouldst never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land." * This is set down to the... | |
| Charles Kingsley - 1866 - 422 pages
...journey or ever thou shouldest see a man settled in a town, or its lands tilled .... "Then was com dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starved with hunger. Some lived on alms who had been once rich. Some fled the country. Never was there... | |
| John Charles Curtis - 1875 - 314 pages
...tortured them with pains unspeakable. Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. Then was corn dear, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starved with hunger; some lived on alms who before were rich : some fled the country. Never was more... | |
| Thomas Keightley - 1876 - 1148 pages
...thou mightest go a whole day's journey and shouldest never find a man sitting (dwelling) in a town or land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger; some took to alms who were one time rich men ; some fled out of the land ; never yet was more wretchedness... | |
| Louise Creighton - 1876 - 96 pages
...tortured them with pains unspeakable. Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. Then was corn dear, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starved with hunger; some lived on alms who before were rich : some fled the country. Never was more... | |
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