 | Allen Rogers Benham - 1916 - 674 pages
...priests; but they robbed the monks and the clergy, and every man plundered his neighbor as much as he 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 the clergy were ever cursing them,... | |
 | 1921 - 136 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, deeming that they were robbers. The bishops and clergy cursed them ever, but nothing came... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1923 - 256 pages
...an tun, al be tunscipe flugen for heom. The Peterborough Chronicle (EMERsON, Mid. Eng. Read., 4). (= If two or three men came riding to a town, all the inhabitants flew to meet them.) The following quotation is of some interest: 11 th cent. Forbe bonne... | |
 | Robert Sangster Rait - 1928 - 256 pages
...was none in the land. Miserable men died of hunger, some sought alms who had been erstwhile rich. ... If two or three men came riding to a town, all the townsfolk fled before them, thinking they were robbers. The earth bare no corn, and you might as well... | |
 | Richard M. Hogg, Norman Blake - 1992 - 740 pages
...abbot's nor priest's, but robbed monks and clerics, and every man who had the power (robbed) the other. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them - they thought that they were robbers. The bishops and learned men cursed them continually,... | |
 | 1863 - 516 pages
...priests ; but they robbed the monks and the clergy, and every man plundered his neighbour as much as he 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... | |
 | 644 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1911 - 400 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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... 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.... 
