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... fleet to sail round Britain , starting from , and returning to , the Portus Trutu- lensis , or Sandwich . During these military enterprises he neglected not the arts of peace . He introduced laws and civilization among the Britons ...
... fleet to sail round Britain , starting from , and returning to , the Portus Trutu- lensis , or Sandwich . During these military enterprises he neglected not the arts of peace . He introduced laws and civilization among the Britons ...
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... fleet ( Ebbes Fleet ) in Kent in the year 450 , in compliance with a request made by Vortigern to the athelings or chiefs of the Saxons , for aid against the Picts and Scots , who had already advanced into Lincolnshire . After an easy ...
... fleet ( Ebbes Fleet ) in Kent in the year 450 , in compliance with a request made by Vortigern to the athelings or chiefs of the Saxons , for aid against the Picts and Scots , who had already advanced into Lincolnshire . After an easy ...
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... fleet both in number and strength , and trained his subjects in the practice as well of sailing as of naval action . He improved the construction of his vessels , which were higher , swifter , and steadier than those of the Danes , and ...
... fleet both in number and strength , and trained his subjects in the practice as well of sailing as of naval action . He improved the construction of his vessels , which were higher , swifter , and steadier than those of the Danes , and ...
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... fleet and landed in the west of En- gland . Edmond , the king's eldest son , made some fruitless at- tempts to oppose his progress ; but , not being supported by his fa- ther and the nation , was obliged to disband the greater part of ...
... fleet and landed in the west of En- gland . Edmond , the king's eldest son , made some fruitless at- tempts to oppose his progress ; but , not being supported by his fa- ther and the nation , was obliged to disband the greater part of ...
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... Fleet and Army . Invasion of Tosti and of Harold Hardrada . Battle of Stan- ford Bridge . § 16. Norman Invasion . Battle of Hastings . Death of Harold . § 1. CANUTE , 1016-1039 . - Edmond Ironside left a brother , Edwy , who died in ...
... Fleet and Army . Invasion of Tosti and of Harold Hardrada . Battle of Stan- ford Bridge . § 16. Norman Invasion . Battle of Hastings . Death of Harold . § 1. CANUTE , 1016-1039 . - Edmond Ironside left a brother , Edwy , who died in ...
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Page 570 - The said 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 571 - Parliament, do pray that it may be declared and enacted, That all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration, are the true, ancient, and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this kingdom, and so shall be esteemed, allowed, adjudged, deemed, and taken to be, and that all and every the particulars aforesaid shall be firmly and strictly holden and observed, as they are expressed in the said declaration ; and all officers and ministers whatsoever shall...
Page 498 - I, AB, do declare, That I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord's supper, or in the elements of bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.
Page 571 - ... prince and princess, during their lives and the life of the survivor of them; and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said prince of Orange...
Page 420 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause showed ; and when for their deliverance they were brought before your justices by your Majesty's writs of habeas corpus, there to undergo and receive as the court should order, and their keepers commanded to certify the causes of their detainer, no cause was certified, but that they were detained by your Majesty's special command, signified by the lords of your Privy Council, and yet were returned back to several prisons,...
Page 420 - Charter and the law of the land ; and by the said Great Charter and other the laws and statutes of this your realm, no man ought to be adjudged to death but by the laws established in this your realm, either by the customs of the same realm, or by acts of parliament...
Page 420 - ... to death, but by the laws established in this your realm, either by the customs of the same realm or by Acts of Parliament ; and whereas no offender, of what kind soever, is exempted from the proceedings to be used, and punishments to be inflicted by the laws and statutes of this your realm : nevertheless of late...
Page 570 - And that the oaths hereafter mentioned be taken by all persons of whom the oaths of allegiance and supremacy might be required by law, instead of them ; and that the said oaths of allegiance and supremacy be abrogated. I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary : So help me God.
Page 569 - And whereas of late years, partial, corrupt, and unqualified persons have been returned and served on juries in trials, and particularly divers jurors in trials for high treason, which were not freeholders.
Page 570 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.