Chevy Chase,: A Poem. Founded on the Ancient Ballad..T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - 108 pages |
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... Parliament , called by the Queen ; as will hereafter be feen . Ireland was now put under Lords - juf tices , named by the Earl of Rochefter The Earl of Mount - Alexander , Major- general Erle , and Thomas Knightly , were appointed Lords ...
... Parliament , called by the Queen ; as will hereafter be feen . Ireland was now put under Lords - juf tices , named by the Earl of Rochefter The Earl of Mount - Alexander , Major- general Erle , and Thomas Knightly , were appointed Lords ...
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... Parliament , held at Westminster , Monday the 15th of October , 1313 , 7 Edw . II , it being enacted , that none fhould be called to account for the death of Piers de Ga- veston , the King pardoned him , and o- thers , the murder of the ...
... Parliament , held at Westminster , Monday the 15th of October , 1313 , 7 Edw . II , it being enacted , that none fhould be called to account for the death of Piers de Ga- veston , the King pardoned him , and o- thers , the murder of the ...
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... Parliament debating upon the point , that the Nobles of England fhould not be put to answer , but before their Peers in open Parliament , in the cafe of John Stratford , Archbishop of Canterbury , he was appointed one of the four Barons ...
... Parliament debating upon the point , that the Nobles of England fhould not be put to answer , but before their Peers in open Parliament , in the cafe of John Stratford , Archbishop of Canterbury , he was appointed one of the four Barons ...
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... Parliament , held the 4th of November following , he was attainted , with King Henry VI , Margaret his Queen , Edward , called Prince of Wales , and Henry , late Duke of Somerfet , for the death of Richard Duke of York , & c . and the ...
... Parliament , held the 4th of November following , he was attainted , with King Henry VI , Margaret his Queen , Edward , called Prince of Wales , and Henry , late Duke of Somerfet , for the death of Richard Duke of York , & c . and the ...
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... Parliament , in 28 Hen . VIII . being fent to , he denied any precontract with her . He married Mary , daughter to George Earl of Shrewsbury , but died with out iflue by her , and , confidering that his younger brother , Sir Thomas ...
... Parliament , in 28 Hen . VIII . being fent to , he denied any precontract with her . He married Mary , daughter to George Earl of Shrewsbury , but died with out iflue by her , and , confidering that his younger brother , Sir Thomas ...
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alfo Algernon ancient ballad arms arrow Battle of Otterbourne beneath blood born captayns Castle charger Cheviot CHEVY CHASE Chevy-Chase chieftain Chyviat daugh daughter death deer Duke Duke of Brabant Earl Douglas Earl of March Earl of Northumber Earl of Northumberland Earl Percy Edward England English archers faid fhould fight flain fon and heir Ford Castle fucceeded gallant Geffery green-wood hand hart heart himſelf holy hondrith honour hound hunting Jofceline John King Henry King's knight Lady Elifabeth land left iffue Lord Percy lord Persè loud married Michael's Mount Montgomery never noble o'er Otterbourne owar Parliament Percy's poem Queen Ralph reign Robert of Scotland rock sayd Scarce Scotland Scots Scottish shaft Sir Hugh slain slayne Somerfet spear steed thee ther Thomas thorowe thou thro throng thumberland took uppone Warkworth wear wife William William de Percy wold woods wyll
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Page 97 - The hunting of that day. The stout Earl of Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Page 92 - To have savyde thy lyffe I wolde have pertyde with My landes for years thre, For a better man, of hart nare of hande, Was not in all the north centre.
Page 98 - Did to the woods resort, With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright.
Page 91 - I tolde it the beforne, That I wolde never yeldyde be To no man of a woman born.
Page 106 - God be with him, said our king, Sith it will noe better bee ; I trust I have, within my realme, Five hundred as good as hee...
Page 104 - Against Sir Hugh Montgomery *So right the shaft he set, The gray goose wing that was thereon In his heart's blood was wet. This fight did last from break of day Till setting of the sun ; For when they rung the evening-bell, The battle scarce was done.
Page 105 - I have not any captain more Of such account as he." Like tidings to King Henry came Within as short a space, That Percy of Northumberland Was slain in Chevy-Chase: "Now God be with him...
Page 80 - ... me ; and I will most willingly do all that you command me with the utmost loyalty .in my power ; never doubt it, however I may feel myself unworthy of such a high distinction.
Page 96 - Over castill, towar, and town. This was the hontynge off the Cheviat ; That tear begane this spurn : Old men that knowen the grownde well yenoughe, Call it the Battell of Otterburn.
Page 79 - My dear friend, Lord James Douglas, you know that I have had much to do, and have suffered many troubles, during life, to support the rights of my crown. At the time that I was most occupied, I made a vow, the non-accomplishment of which gives me much uneasiness : I vowed that, if I could finish my wars in such a manner that I might have quiet to govern peaceably, I would go and make war against the enemies of our Lord Jesus Christ and the adversaries of the Christian faith. To this point my heart...