 I become your man from this day forward [of life and limb, and of earthly worship,] and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king...  The Early and Middle Ages of England - Page 424by Charles Henry Pearson - 1861 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Rowland - 1859 - 606 pages
...faithful to him." (Saxon Chronicle, p. 290.) '.^pronounced these words in Norman-French : " I hecome 'Jbur man from this day forward, of life and limb, and of...and faithful and bear to you faith for the tenements I claim to hold of vou." The king then kissed the vassal on the cheek, and the vassal took the oath... | |
 | 1861 - 996 pages
...together between the hands of his lord, and shall say thus: I become your man from this day forward aud unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king; and then... | |
 | LUDQIG HERRIG - 1861 - 478 pages
...together between the hands of his lord, and shall say thus: I become your man from this day forward aud unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king; and then... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1864 - 716 pages
...fealty, placing his joined hands between those of the sitting baron and humbly saying as he knelt, " I become your man from this day forward, of life and...faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king." A kiss... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1864 - 120 pages
...feudality consisted in the establishment by the latter of a more certain course of descent and inheritance. your man from this day forward, of life and limb,...faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements I claim to hold of you." The lord then kissed the vassal on the cheek, and the vassal took the oath... | |
 | 1866 - 408 pages
...fealty, placing his joined hands between those of the sitting baron and humbly saying as he knelt, " I become your man from this day forward, of life and...faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of yon, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king." A kiss... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...fealty, placing his joined hand.s between those of the sitting baron and humbly saying as he knelt, " I become your man from this day forward, of life and...faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king." A kiss... | |
 | 1867 - 522 pages
...jointly together between the hands of his lord, and shall say thus : I become your man, from this clay forward, of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and unto you shall bo true and faithful, and bear you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 526 pages
...jointly together between the hands of his lurd, and shall say thus : I become your man, from this ilay forward, of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe to our sovereign... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1868 - 422 pages
...his knees, and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord, and shall say thus : ' I become your man from this day forward, of life and...faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements (MNj that I claim to hold of you ; saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king ;'... | |
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