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" ... the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter: for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. "
The Church Historians of England: pt. 1. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. The ... - Page 161
1853
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Essentials in Medieval and Modern History: (from Charlemagne to the Present Day)

Samuel Bannister Harding - 1905 - 652 pages
...nineteen years that Stephen was king, and ever grew worse and worse. . . . Then was corn [ie wheat] 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 erewhile rich; some fled the country. Never was...
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National Life and Character in the Mirror of Early English Literature

Edmund Dale - 1907 - 362 pages
...easily go a full day's journey 1 taxation. The Norman Clergy and never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and...in the land. Wretched men died of hunger. Some went begging who were at one time rich men; some fled out of the land. There was never more wretchedness...
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History of Hastings Castle: The Castlery, Rape and Battle of ..., Volume 1

Charles Dawson (F. S. A.) - 1909 - 398 pages
...so that thou mightest go all a day's journey and thou shouldst never find a man seated 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 erstwhile were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had such misery been...
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A Source Book of English History for the Use of Schools, Volume 1

Arthur Donald Innes - 1912 - 398 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...
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Bell's English History Source Books, Issue 3

1921 - 136 pages
...thou wouldst never find a man settled in a town, nor the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and meat and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms, who were sometime rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness...
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The Art of War in the Western World

Archer Jones - 2001 - 770 pages
...men had no more to give, they robbed and burned all the towns. . . . Then was grain dear, and meat, and cheese, and butter; for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger; some went seeking alms who at one time were rich men." Not only did the logistic requirements of his force markedly...
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The Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 1

Richard M. Hogg, Norman Blake - 1992 - 740 pages
...journey and not be able to find anyone remaining on a farm, or tilled land. Then corn was dear, and meat and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger; some who were once rich lived on alms, some fled from the land. There was never before more wretchedness...
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social life in britain

644 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...
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National Life and Character in the Mirror of Early English Literature

Edmund Dale - 2018 - 364 pages
...full day's journey 1 taxation. 190 The Norman Clergy CH. and never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and...in the land. Wretched men died of hunger. Some went begging who were at one time rich men; some fled out of the land. There was never more wretchedness...
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A Source Book of English History for the use of Schools

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 400 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...
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