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... prison , to have devoured him , and when the lyon was gaping he put his arm in his mouth and pulled the lion by the heart so hard that he slew the lyon , and therefore is called Cœur de Lyon ; while others say he is called Coeur de Lyon ...
... prison , to have devoured him , and when the lyon was gaping he put his arm in his mouth and pulled the lion by the heart so hard that he slew the lyon , and therefore is called Cœur de Lyon ; while others say he is called Coeur de Lyon ...
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... prison , where she was kept on bread and water , and obliged to pass the ordeal of severe ques- tioning questioning , often the most absurd . On one occasion she was asked , whether at the coronation of Charles , she had not displayed a ...
... prison , where she was kept on bread and water , and obliged to pass the ordeal of severe ques- tioning questioning , often the most absurd . On one occasion she was asked , whether at the coronation of Charles , she had not displayed a ...
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Mary Elizabeth Hewitt. 12th of May , 1431 , she was taken from the prison under an escort of one hundred and twenty armed men . She was clad in female apparel , and upon her head was placed a paper crown , inscribed , " Apostate ...
Mary Elizabeth Hewitt. 12th of May , 1431 , she was taken from the prison under an escort of one hundred and twenty armed men . She was clad in female apparel , and upon her head was placed a paper crown , inscribed , " Apostate ...
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... prison of Tardinova . The Pope condemned the Cenci to be dragged through the streets of Rome by wild horses . This was a cruel sentence- more especially as it emanated from the head of the Catholic Church , and was quite arbitrary . The ...
... prison of Tardinova . The Pope condemned the Cenci to be dragged through the streets of Rome by wild horses . This was a cruel sentence- more especially as it emanated from the head of the Catholic Church , and was quite arbitrary . The ...
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... prison- ers were ready for execution . On hearing it , Clement became agitated , and wept ; then falling on his knees , he gave the Cenci full absolution , which was communicated to them in his name . The assembled spectators knelt ...
... prison- ers were ready for execution . On hearing it , Clement became agitated , and wept ; then falling on his knees , he gave the Cenci full absolution , which was communicated to them in his name . The assembled spectators knelt ...
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Page 196 - ... enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me ; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain, of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter. Try me, good king...
Page 196 - Try me, good King, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and...
Page 191 - ... all my other servants a year's pay besides their due, lest otherwise they should be unprovided for. Lastly, I make this vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.
Page 195 - SIR, — Your Grace's displeasure and my imprisonment are things so strange unto me, as what to write or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a truth and so obtain your...
Page 276 - The crown of St. Stephen, which had never before been placed on so small or so lovely a head, had been lined with cushions to make it fit ; it was also very heavy, and its weight, added to the heat of the weather, incommoded her ; when she sat down to dinner in the great hall of the castle, she expressed a wish to lay it aside. On lifting the diadem from her brow, her hair, loosened from confinement, fell down in luxuriant ringlets over her neck and...
Page 29 - Roman people," says Aurelian, in an original letter, "speak with contempt of the war which I am waging against a woman. They are ignorant both of the character and of the power of Zenobia. It is impossible to enumerate her warlike preparations of stones, of arrows, and of every species of missile weapons. Every part of the walls is provided with two or three balistce, and artificial fires are thrown from her military engines.
Page 196 - ... professed enemy. I no sooner received this message by him, than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command. ' But let not your Grace ever imagine, that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Page 197 - ... appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not, whatsoever the world may think of me, mine innocence shall be openly known and sufficiently cleared. My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace's displeasure...
Page 197 - ... that myself may only bear the burden of your grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request...
Page 197 - Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request ; and I will so leave to trouble your grace any further, with mine earnest prayers to the Trinity to have your grace in his, good keeping, and to direct you in all your actions. From my doleful prison in the Tower, this sixth of May ; " Your most loyal and ever faithful wife,