Brendlais,2 the house was by accident burned down, and he received a mortal blow by a stone falling from the principal tower on his head: upon which he instantly dispatched messengers to recal the bishop, and exclaimed with a lamentable voice, " O, my... Archaeologia Cambrensis - Page 1581904Full view - About this book
| John Britton - 1815 - 1086 pages
...hospitably entertained by Walter Clifford, in the castle of Brendlais, the house was by accident burned down, and he received a mortal blow by a stone falling...principal tower on his head : upon which he instantly dispatched messengers to recal the bishop, and exclaimed with a lamentable voice, ' O my father and... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1815 - 1092 pages
...hospitably entertained by Walter Clifford, in the castle of Brendlais, the house was by accident burned down, and he received a mortal blow by a stone falling...principal tower on his head : upon which he instantly dispatched messengers to recai the bishop, and exclaimed with a lamentable voice, ' O my father and... | |
| Giraldus (Cambrensis.) - 1863 - 550 pages
...hospitably entertained by Walter de Clifford,1 in the castle of Brendlais,2 the house was by accident burned down, and he received a mortal blow by a stone falling...principal tower on his head: upon which he instantly dispatched messengers to recal the bishop, and exclaimed 1 Walter de Clifford. The first of this ancient... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 602 pages
...hospitably entertained by Walter Clifford, in the castle of Brendlais, when the house was by accident burned down, and he received a mortal blow by a stone falling from the principal tower on his head. Upon this he instantly despatched messengers to recall the bishop of St. David's, whom he had banished,... | |
| Sir Owen Morgan Edwards - 1894 - 470 pages
...hospitably entertained by Walter de Clifford, in the castle of Brynllys, the house was by accident burned down, and he received a mortal blow by a stone falling...lamentable voice, — " O, my father and high priest, your saint has taken most cruel vengeance of me, not waiting the conversion of a sinner, but hastening his... | |
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