Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of Bridgewater, Then President of Wales |
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... till he had paid an immense ransom . It was again belonging to the crown in the eighth year of King John , who bestowed it on Philip de Albani , from whom it descended to the Lacies of Ireland , the last of which family , Walter de Lacy ...
... till he had paid an immense ransom . It was again belonging to the crown in the eighth year of King John , who bestowed it on Philip de Albani , from whom it descended to the Lacies of Ireland , the last of which family , Walter de Lacy ...
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... till the Court of the Marches was abolished , and the Lords Presidents were discontinued , in 1688. From that period its decay commenced . It has since been gradually stripped of its curious and valuable ornaments . No longer inhabited ...
... till the Court of the Marches was abolished , and the Lords Presidents were discontinued , in 1688. From that period its decay commenced . It has since been gradually stripped of its curious and valuable ornaments . No longer inhabited ...
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... till the making of the statute in the twenty- seventh year of Henry VIII . by which " the do- " mynion , countrey , and pryncipalitie of Wales , " and divers Marches , were divided into xii shires , " whereof viii were antient counties ...
... till the making of the statute in the twenty- seventh year of Henry VIII . by which " the do- " mynion , countrey , and pryncipalitie of Wales , " and divers Marches , were divided into xii shires , " whereof viii were antient counties ...
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... afterwards Abp . of York , was appointed in ' the first year of Q. Mary . Sir William Herbert was soon afterwards re- - appointed , and continued Lord Presi- dent till the 6th of Q.Mary , Gilbert Bourne , Bishop of Bath and Wells , then 22.
... afterwards Abp . of York , was appointed in ' the first year of Q. Mary . Sir William Herbert was soon afterwards re- - appointed , and continued Lord Presi- dent till the 6th of Q.Mary , Gilbert Bourne , Bishop of Bath and Wells , then 22.
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... till Mary's death . Sir John Williams , Lord Wil- liams of Thame , co . of Oxon , on the accession of Queen Elizabeth : he died in the first year of her reign . Sir Henry Sidney , in the 2d of Elizabeth : he died , in 1586 , at Ludlow ...
... till Mary's death . Sir John Williams , Lord Wil- liams of Thame , co . of Oxon , on the accession of Queen Elizabeth : he died in the first year of her reign . Sir Henry Sidney , in the 2d of Elizabeth : he died , in 1586 , at Ludlow ...
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Page 117 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 118 - Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure; But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon...
Page 122 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
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Page 121 - Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride; And if aught else, great bards beside, In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of tourneys and of trophies hung; Of forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Page 119 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 53 - Of some chaste footing near about this ground. Run to your shrouds within these brakes and trees ; Our number may affright. Some virgin sure (For so I can distinguish by...
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Page 121 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass ; And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...