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... officers . Vortimer shut himself up in London , not being able to keep the field ; and Hengist , to terrify the Britons , ravaged the country in a merciless manner : they that were most exposed to the fury of the Saxons left their ...
... officers . Vortimer shut himself up in London , not being able to keep the field ; and Hengist , to terrify the Britons , ravaged the country in a merciless manner : they that were most exposed to the fury of the Saxons left their ...
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... officers , for their own and their soldiers pay ; every duke was to have fifteen shil- lings and four pence per day , every earl six shillings and eight pence , every baron four shillings , every esquire or man at arms one shilling ...
... officers , for their own and their soldiers pay ; every duke was to have fifteen shil- lings and four pence per day , every earl six shillings and eight pence , every baron four shillings , every esquire or man at arms one shilling ...
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... officers , saved him at the expence of their lives ; the eighteen Frenchmen were all killed upon the spot . The King supported his brother the duke of Gloucester , who was knocked down , and fought over him , till he received a blow ...
... officers , saved him at the expence of their lives ; the eighteen Frenchmen were all killed upon the spot . The King supported his brother the duke of Gloucester , who was knocked down , and fought over him , till he received a blow ...
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... officers should assist in extirpating heresy , and that all heretics should be burnt , and their lands and goods confiscated . 3. Hen . V. Cap . 4. Enacted that all provisions , licences , and pardons , relating to the disposal of ...
... officers should assist in extirpating heresy , and that all heretics should be burnt , and their lands and goods confiscated . 3. Hen . V. Cap . 4. Enacted that all provisions , licences , and pardons , relating to the disposal of ...
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... officers , Drake and Hawkins , both forbade their intermeddling in ecelesiasti- died in this expedition . cal affairs . 1596. The Spaniards took Calais from the French , after a siege of twelve days , at which Queen Elizabeth was ...
... officers , Drake and Hawkins , both forbade their intermeddling in ecelesiasti- died in this expedition . cal affairs . 1596. The Spaniards took Calais from the French , after a siege of twelve days , at which Queen Elizabeth was ...
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Page 369 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 383 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 540 - ... an act for the relief of debtors, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons.
Page 332 - Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons assembled at Westminster, do resolve, that William and Mary Prince and Princess of Orange be, and be declared, King and Queen of England...
Page 348 - An Act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon tonnage of ships and vessels, and upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for securing certain recompenses and advantages in the said Act mentioned, to such persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of fifteen hundred thousand pounds towards carrying on the war with France.
Page 379 - further Security of His Majesty's Person and Govern"ment and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of "the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for ex"tinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales "and his open and secret Abettors...
Page 432 - An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled ' An Act for reducing the Laws ' relating to Rogues, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, and Vagrants 'into One Act of Parliament, and for the more effectual 'punishing such Rogues, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, and ' Vagrants, and sending them whither they ought to be sent,' as relates to common Players of Interludes; and another Act passed in the twenty-eighth.
Page 464 - An Act for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other Felonies, and for the more effectual Transportation of Felons and unlawful Exporters of Wool, and for declaring the Law upon some Points relating to Pirates...
Page 359 - Fenwick, they proceeded to enact several laws for regulating the domestic economy of the nation ; among others they passed an act for the more effectual relief of creditors in cases of escape, and for preventing abuses in prisons and pretended privileged places.
Page 561 - ... hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children...