 | Matthias Earbery - Church and state - 1717 - 140 pages
...his Lord, he (hall be ungirt, and his Head unco ver'd, and his Lord (hall fit, and the Tenant fhall kneel before him on both his Knees, and hold his Hands...jointly together between the Hands of his Lord, and (hall fay, Thus I become your Man, from this Day forward, of Life and Limb, of Earrhly Worfhip, and... | |
 | Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - Administrative and political divisions - 1792 - 568 pages
...homage, he fhall come ungirted, and his head uncovered, while his lord is fitting; and the tenant mall kneel before him on both his knees, and hold his hands jointly together, between thofe of his lord, and thus fhall fay—" I become your man, from this day forward, of life, and member,... | |
 | Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - Administrative and political divisions - 1792 - 570 pages
...fhall come ungirted, and hii head uncovered, while his lord is fitting ; and the tenant (hall kneef before him on both his knees, and hold his hands jointly together, between thofe of his lord, and thus fhall fay — " I become your man, from this day forward, of life, and... | |
 | Francis Stoughton Sullivan, Gilbert Stuart - Constitutional history - 1805 - 354 pages
...estate than a freehold. The manner of performing homage is thus distinctly described by Littleton. When the tenant shall make homage to his lord, he shall be ungirt, (that is, unarmed) and his head uncovered, and his lord shall sit, and the tenant shall kneel before... | |
 | Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - Administrative and political divisions - 1816 - 586 pages
...tenant shall do homage, he shall come ungirted, and his head uncovered, while his lord is sitting ; and the tenant shall kneel before him on both his...knees, and hold his hands jointly together, between those of his lord, and thus shall say—" 1 become your man, from this day forward, of life, and member,... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke - Land tenure - 1817 - 950 pages
...honorable service, and most humble service of reverence, that a franktenant may do to his lord. For when the tenant shall make homage to his lord, he...shall be ungirt, and his head uncovered, and his lord snail sit, and the tenant shal kneele before him on both his knees, and hold his hands joyntly together... | |
 | Arthur Taylor - Coronations - 1820 - 608 pages
...honourable serrice and most humble service of reverence, that a frank tenant may doe to his lord : For when the tenant shall make homage to his lord he shall...uncovered, and his lord shall sit, and the tenant shal kneele before him on both iis knees, and hold his hands joyntly together betweene the hands of... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, Francis Hargrave - Land tenure - 1823 - 894 pages
...service of' reverence, that a franktenant may do to his lord. For when the tenant shall make ¡tomase to his lord, he shall be ungirt, and his head uncovered, and his ford shall sit, and the tenant shal kneele before him on both his knees, and hold his hands joyntly... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1824 - 828 pages
...cest jour en avant de vie et de member, et de terrene honor," &c. ; which Lord Coke translates, " For when the tenant shall make homage to his lord, he...uncovered, and his lord shall sit, and the tenant shal kneele before him on both his knees, and hold his hands joyntly together betweene the hands of... | |
 | James Louis Petigru - Oaths - 1834 - 16 pages
...illustration of the feudal origin of allegiance, and the profound subjection which it implies. "For when the tenant shall make homage to his Lord, he shall be imgirt and his head uncovered, and his Lord shall sit, and the tenant shall kneel before him on both... | |
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Homage,' says the Treatise of Tenures, ' is the most honourable service, and most humble service of reverence, that a frank tenant may do to his lord : for when the tenant shall make homage to his lord, he shall be ungirt and his head uncovered, and his... 
