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" It happened that the Queen of France, being then a widow, and a very beautiful woman, became much in love with a knight of that country, who was a comely person, and in the flower of his youth ; and because she thought that no man excelled him in... "
A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ... - Page 2
by Bernard Burke - 1883 - 636 pages
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An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent

Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - Kent (England) - 1814 - 382 pages
...of Bilsington superior, alias Bilsington Priory. E 2 • The occasion of this epithet is thus given by Dugdale. " It happened that the Queen of France,...that country, who was a comely person, and in the jlower of his youth: and because she thought that no man excelled him in valour, she caused a tournament...
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The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley ...

Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...antiquary : " It happened that the Queen of France, heing then a widow, and a very heautiful woman, hecame much in love with a knight of that country, who was...comely person, and in the flower of his youth : and hecause she thought that no man excelled him in valour, she caused a tournament to he proclaimed throughout...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 1

1823 - 494 pages
...called William with the Strong Hand : the occasion was thus, as related by that judicious antiquary: " It happened that the Queen of France, being then a widow, and a very beautiful woman, brcame much in love with a knight of that country, who was a comely person, and in the flower of his...
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Saturday Night: Comprising a Review of New Publications, Biography ..., Volume 1

1824 - 486 pages
...called William with the Strong Hand ; the occasion was thus, as related by that judicious antiquary : " It happened that the Queen of France, being then a...and because she thought that no man excelled him in vatour, she caused a tournament to be proclaimed throughout her dominions, promising to reward those...
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Saturday night

Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...called William with the Strong Hand ; the occasion was thus, as related by that judicious antiquary : " It happened that the Queen of France, being then a widow, and a very beautiful woman, became much in lore with a knight of that country, who was a comely person, and in the flower of his youth ; and because...
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Spirit of the English Magazines

1827 - 996 pages
...represented to have been a man of great personal prowess, and extraordinary agility and strength of body. It happened that the Queen of France, being then a...beautiful woman, became much in love with a knight ofthat country, who was a comely person, aud in the flower of his youth : and because she thought that...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature ...

1829 - 392 pages
...the following is the relation of that judicious antiquary. " It happened that the Queen of France, then a widow, and a very beautiful woman, became much...the flower of his youth ; and because she thought no man excelled him in valour, sue caused a tournament to be proclaimed throughout her dominions, promising...
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Chapters on Coronations

William Cooke Taylor - Coronations - 1838 - 260 pages
...person in his age; and as his romantic history is connected with the butlery, we shall extract it from Dugdale. " It happened that the queen of France, being...person, and in the flower of his youth ; and because that she thought no man excelled him in valour, she caused a tournament to be proclaimed throughout...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 7

English periodicals - 1838 - 732 pages
...person in his age ; and as his romantic history is connected with the butler)', we shall extract it from Dugdale. ' It happened that the queen of France, being...person, and in the flower of his youth ; and because that she thought no man excelled him in valour, she caused a tournament to be proclaimed throughout...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 13

Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...person in his age ; and as his romantic history is connected with the butlery, we shall extract it from Dugdale. It happened that the queen of France, being...person, and in the flower of his youth ; and because that she thought that no man excelled him in valour, she caused a tournament to be proclaimed throughout...
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