Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and Biographical: Embracing a Period of English History from the Accession of Richard II. to the Death of Henry VII.Harding and Lepard, 1827 - 540 pages |
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Page 327 - And I will be to you as good lord and father as my heart can think. And last of all, as heartily and as lovingly as ever father blessed his child in earth, I give you the blessing of Our Lord and of me, which of his infinite mercy increase you in all virtue and good living; and that your blood may by his grace from kindred to kindred multiply in this earth to his service, in such wise as after the departing from this wretched world here, ye and they may glorify him eternally amongst his angels in...
Page 101 - I am descended by right line of blood, coming from the good lord, king Henry III., and through that right that God, of his grace, hath sent me with help of my kin and of my friends to recover it ; the which realm was in point to be undone for default of governance, and undoing of good laws.
Page 327 - And there as (whenever) any frailty maketh you to fall, beseech his mercy soon to call you to him again with repentance, satisfaction, and contrition of your heart, never more in will to offend him.
Page 119 - The dukes, earls, and barons wore long scarlet robes, with mantles trimmed with ermine, and large hoods of the same, the dukes and earls had three bars of ermine on the left arm a quarter of a yard long, or thereabout; the barons had but two; all the knights and squires had uniform cloaks of scarlet lined with minever.
Page 120 - These ladies are dressed in partycoloured tunics, one-half of one colour, and the other half of another ; their lirripipes, or tippets, are very short ; their caps remarkably little, and wrapt about their heads with cords ; their girdles and pouches are ornamented with gold and silver ; and they wear short swords, called daggers, before them, a little below their navels ; they are mounted on the finest horses, with the richest furniture.
Page 317 - Why should I die, having so much riches ? If the whole realm would save my life, I am able either by policy to get it, or by riches to buy it.
Page 143 - What devil has brought them here ? or who has sent- for them ? Cannot we carry on our wars with England without their assistance ? We shall never do any effectual good as long as they are with us. Let them be told to return again, for we are sufficiently numerous in Scotland to fight our own quarrels, and do not want their company. We neither understand their language nor they ours, and we cannot converse together.
Page 62 - ... alone ; for they would never enter any place where she was. They themselves would be disgraced if they suffered such a base-born duchess, who had been the duke's concubine a long time before and during his marriages, to take precedence; and their hearts would burst with grief were it to happen.
Page 327 - Furthermore, as far as Father may and can, I charge you in any wise to flee the Company and Counsel of proud men, of covetous men, and of flattering men, the more especially and mightily to withstand them, and not to draw nor to meddle with them, with all your might and power; and...
Page 522 - Richard by the grace of God king of England and of France, and lord of Ireland...