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" I held a tower in France, till all the old women in Wales heard of it; and now the old women of France shall hear how I defended the Welsh castle. "
The book of North Wales - Page 224
by Charles Frederick Cliffe - 1850 - 80 pages
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 24

John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...for the surrender of the place, to which the governor promptly replied, " I held a tower in France, till all the old women in Wales heard of it; and now the old women of France shall hear how 1 defended the Welsh castle."* The assailing army, after a long...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations ..., Volume 17

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1812 - 1052 pages
...for the surrender of the place, to which the governor promptly replied, " I held a tower in France, till all the old women in Wales heard of it ; and now the old women of France shall hear how 1 defended the Welsh castle."* The assailing army, after a long...
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Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and ...

Emma Roberts - Great Britain - 1827 - 572 pages
...effectually resisted all the efforts of Edward's commanders to take it, saying, " I held a tower in France till all the old women in Wales heard of it, and now the old women in France shall hear how I defended the Welch castle."* The Cambrian hero was however...
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Curiosities of Great Britain: England & Wales Delineated ..., Volume 6

Thomas Dugdale - Chronology, Historical - 1830 - 266 pages
...to a summons to surrender from the English general, Sir Richard Herbert ; I held a tower in France, till all the old women in Wales heard of it; and now the old women of France shall hear how I defended the Welsh castle." Nevertheless, subdued by famine,...
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Wales illustrated, views engr. from drawings by H. Gastineau, accompanied by ...

1830 - 482 pages
...for the surrender of the place, to which the governor promptly replied : " I held a tower in France, till all the old women in Wales heard of it; and now the old women of France shall hear how I defended the Welsh castle." The assailing army, after a long...
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The Cambrian Mirror, Or, North Wales Tourist: Comprehending the History and ...

Edward Parry - Wales - 1843 - 252 pages
...orders to surrender the place : to which the governor promptly replied, " I held a tower in France till all the old women in Wales heard of it; and now the old women of France shall hear how I defend this castle.'' The assailing army found that the place...
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Royal visits and progresses to Wales, and the border counties

Edward Parry - 1851 - 532 pages
...orders to surrender the place : to which the governor promptly replied, " I held a tower in France till all the old women in Wales heard of it ; and now the old women of Prance shall hear how I defend this castle." The assailing army found that the place...
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Gladys of Harlech: An Historical Romance

Anne Beale - 1858 - 954 pages
...the envoy, gave the following ready reply : — " Go tell your general I held a tower in France till the old women in Wales heard of it ; and now I will let the old women in France hear how I defend my fortress in Wales." The Saxon knight was not so much...
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Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales: North

John Timbs - Historic buildings - 1872 - 602 pages
...after his possession of the crown. In 1468, Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, invested the place, and the answer of the Welsh hero is on record. ' I held a...reduce it only by the slow assault of famine, and Dafydd surrendered on honourable terms, his life being spared as a condition of his surrender. Edward,...
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Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of ..., Volume 2

Thomas Nicholas - Wales - 1872 - 524 pages
...Herbert, the earl's brother, received from the stout defender this answer, — " I held a tower in- France till all the old women in Wales heard of it, and now the old women of France shall hear how I defend this castle." Famine, however, at length succeeded,...
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