Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity.., Volume 28Society of Antiquaries of London. Sold at the house of the Society [of Antiquaries], in Chancery-Lane; and by Messieurs Whiston, White, Robson Baker and Leigh, and Brown., 1840 - Archaeology |
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Abbess Abury ANGL DNS HYB Anglię Anglo-Saxon anno regni anye Bardorum de Florentia beinge centum Count of Alenēon Creton curia Romana custumę decem denarios dicti dilectis mercatoribus nostris DNS HYB CIVI ducentas EDW R ANGL Edward eisdem mercatoribus eorum et sociis suis ex mutuo exitibus expedienda French hade havinge Henry hime iidem mercatores illis inde inscription Johanni King King's Kynge letters Liberate de thesauro liberaverunt librarum libras libris litteras nostras patentes Lord Luka mandamus marcas merca mercatoribus de societate mercatorum milia milibus mille negotia nobis nuper octo partem solutionis pecunię pręceptum nostrum prędicta pręfatis proximo quę quas quibus quingentas quinquaginta quod quos recipiatis Regis reign Roman Runes sayde scaccarium sexaginta Silbury Hill SIR HENRY ELLIS Sir Peter Carewe societate Bardorum sociis solidos sterlingorum stone supra T. R. apud Westm tenemur thesauro nostro theyme Thomę tricesimo Tutbury tyme unto hyme verye vobis XXVIII
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Page 448 - Groton. Groton is the name of a place in England. The place here meant is Crotona, a city of Grecia Magna, which in the time of Pythagoras was very populous.
Page 327 - Non enim habent regem iidem antiqui Saxones, sed satrapas plurimos suae genti praepositos, qui ingruente belli articulo mittunt aequaliter sortes, et quemcunque sors ostenderit, hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur, huic obtemperant; peracto autem bello rursum aequalis potentiae omnes fiunt satrapae.
Page 449 - Commons, hath ordained and established, that such chapiters and congregations shall not be hereafter holden ; and if any such be made, they that cause such chapiters and congregations to be assembled and holden, if they thereof be convict, shall be judged for felons ; and that all the other masons that come to such, chapiters and congregations be punished by imprisonment of their bodies, and make fine and ransom at the King's will.
Page 216 - was scarce, a paper currency a thing unheard of, and the convenience of exchange by bills was probably as yet only practised by the Italians themselves. The restrictions and arbitrary regulations with which trade was shackled, and perhaps the general manner and habits of life, had hitherto much impeded commercial prosperity. The wealth of the country was in the hands of the large proprietors of land, and the revenues of the crown were principally derived from feudal charges, to which territorial...
Page 441 - Andrew Wise, a toward youth and a good versifyer." To the same family were granted various ecclesiastical possessions in Ireland. Sir William Wyse, the ancestor of the late Member for Waterford, and possibly the father of the before-mentioned George, had a grant of the Abbey of St.
Page 449 - Labourers be openly violated and broken, in Subversion of the Law, and to the great damage of all the Commons : our said Lord the King willing in this Case to provide...
Page 449 - Whereas by the yearly congregations and confederacies made by the Masons in their general assemblies, the good course and effect of the statutes of labourers be openly violated and broken, in subversion of the law, and to the great damage of all the commons.
Page 256 - ... accrued both to them and to the city of Florence. For not being able to answer the calls of their creditors in England and Florence, and elsewhere, where they trafficked, they lost their credit on all sides, and became bankrupts ; and especially the Peruzzi. Yet they avoided complete ruin by their possessions in the city and territory of Florence, and by the great power and rank which they held in the republic. This failure, and the expenses of the state in Lombardy, greatly reduced the wealth...
Page 349 - Eeceived he now, — the noble spoke, — the gift, and aye preside in the hall over the guests! I have magnanimity, I bring rings These three estates Erincred possesses. Christ was among . . . when to all we gave all that they owned — the married pair: At their home, the rieh women's, you were a guest, their down dwelling — — — Give every . . . the advice is willing (willingly given).
Page 352 - ROD. HA Christ was on the Cross. Lo ! There with speed, came from afar nobles to him in misery. I that all beh(eld .) I was with the cross Before I leave this noble monument of Anglo-Saxon antiquity, I shall take the liberty of making a few philological remarks on the versification and language, the latter of which is in fact the strongest proof of the accuracy of my reading.