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" ... could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them, and thought that they were robbers. The bishops, and clergy were ever cursing them, but this to them was nothing, for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and reprobate.... "
The Church Historians of England: pt. 1. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. The ... - Page 161
1853
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Hereward

Charles Kingsley - 1878 - 412 pages
...nor of priests; but they robbed the monks and clergy, and every man plundered his neighbor as much as he could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the townsfolk fled before them, and thought that they were robbers. The bishops and clergy were forever...
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A History of England: Mediaeval monarchy from the departure of the Romans to ...

James Franck Bright - 1880 - 668 pages
...land, nor an abbot's, nor a priest's, but robbed monks and clerks, and every man another who anywhere could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them, imagining them to be robbers. The bishops and clergy constantly cursed them, but nothing...
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The Book of Lords (a Sequel to the New Book of Kings)

John Morrison Davidson - 1884 - 132 pages
...land, nor an abbot's nor a priest's, but robbed monks and clerks, and every man another who anywhere could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them, imagining them to be robbers. The bishops and clergy constantly cursed them, but nothing...
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The Works of Charles Kingsley, Volume 11

Charles Kingsley - 1884 - 544 pages
...of priests : but they robbed the monks and clergy, and every man plundered his neighbour as much as he could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the townsfolk fled before them, and thought that they were robbers. The bishops and clergy were for ever...
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Novels, Volume 6

Charles Kingsley - 1885 - 422 pages
...of priests ; but they robbed the monks and clergy, and every man plundered his neighbor as much as he could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the townsfolk fled before them, and thought that they were robbers. The bishops and clergy were forever...
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Herward the Wake

Charles Kingsley - 1887 - 540 pages
...of priests : but they robbed the monks and clergy, and every man plundered his neighbour as much as he could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the townsfolk fled before them, and thought that they were robbers. The bishops and clergy were for ever...
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English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 3

Henry Morley - 1888 - 456 pages
...land, nor an abbot's, nor a priest's, but robbed monks and clerks, and every man another who anywhere could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them, imagining them to be robbers. The bishops and clergy constantly cursed them, but nothing...
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Longman's Handbook of English Literature: From the earliest times to Chaucer

R. McWilliam - 1888 - 138 pages
...land. There was never yet more wretchedness in the land, nor ever did heathen men do worse than these. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them ; they thought they were robbers. The bishops and learned men evermore cursed them ; but...
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A History of England, Volume 1

James Franck Bright - 1889 - 442 pages
...land, nor an abbot's, nor a priest's, but robbed monks and clerks, and every man another who anywhere could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them, imagining them to be robbers. The bishops and clergy constantly cursed them, but nothing...
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Novels, Poems and Letters of Charles Kingsley: Letters and memories, ed. by ...

Charles Kingsley - 1898 - 346 pages
...nor of priests: but they robbed the monks and clergy, and every man plundered his neighbor as much as he could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the townsfolk fled before them, and thought that they were robbers. The bishops and clergy were forever...
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