Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, Volume 4

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W. K. Morton., 1896
 

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Page 208 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Page 18 - Officers, and to all Bailiffs, and his faithful subjects, greeting. Know ye, that we, in the presence of God, and for the salvation of our soul, and the souls of all our...
Page 208 - I give this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, The pride of kingly sway from out my heart; With mine own tears I wash away my balm, With mine own hands I give away my crown...
Page 116 - This is the final agreement, made in the court of the lord the King at Lancaster, on the morrow of S.
Page 101 - One thinge is not to be passed by, affirmed as a certaine trueth by the inhabitants of the town upon their owne knowledge, which is that the Castle is haunted by a certaine spirit in the likenesse of a hare ; which att the meeting of the auditors doeth usually runne betweene theire legs, and sometymes over throws them, and so passes away.
Page 199 - ... valet de chambre, butler, under butler, clerk of the kitchen, confectioner, cook, house porter, footman...
Page 101 - ... it, [and that there was noe other passage out, but by the doore, or windowe, the roome being all close framed of stones within, not having the least chinke or crevice] yet they could never finde it.
Page 197 - I bequeath my soul to Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, and all the Saints, and my body to be buried in the Church of Blackfriars in Edinburgh.
Page 68 - Act to enable His Majesty more effectually to provide for the Defence and Security of the Realm during the present War, and for indemnifying Persons who may suffer in their Property by such measures as may be necessary for that purpose...

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