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Page 84
... hundred men on horse- back , and was lodged in the Herber . Richard , Duke of York , with four hundred men , lodged at Baynard's castle . The Dukes of Excester and Sommerset , with eight hundred men . The Earl of Northumberland , the ...
... hundred men on horse- back , and was lodged in the Herber . Richard , Duke of York , with four hundred men , lodged at Baynard's castle . The Dukes of Excester and Sommerset , with eight hundred men . The Earl of Northumberland , the ...
Page 85
... hundred poor people . The housekeeping of Edward , late Earl of Derby , is not to be forgotten , who had two hundred and twenty men in check roll : his feeding aged persons twice every day , sixty and odd , besides all comers , thrice a ...
... hundred poor people . The housekeeping of Edward , late Earl of Derby , is not to be forgotten , who had two hundred and twenty men in check roll : his feeding aged persons twice every day , sixty and odd , besides all comers , thrice a ...
Page 136
... hundred cities ; and though , in the northern parts , many of them , with- out excepting Paris itself , were little ... hundred and sixty cities , as Pliny has exhibited under the reign of Vespasian . Three hundred African cities had ...
... hundred cities ; and though , in the northern parts , many of them , with- out excepting Paris itself , were little ... hundred and sixty cities , as Pliny has exhibited under the reign of Vespasian . Three hundred African cities had ...
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