The history of England ... to ... 1688, Band 2

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Seite 244 - Roman triumph, he passed through the streets of London, and presented the king of France to his father, who advanced to meet him, and received him with the same courtesy as if he had...
Seite 226 - ... others, he ordered the reins of his bridle to be tied on each side to the horses of two gentlemen of his train ; and his dead body, and those of his attendants, were afterwards found among the slain, with their horses standing by them in that situation-J His crest was three ostrich feathers ; and his motto these German words, Ich dien, — " I serve ; " which the prince of Wales and his successors adopted in memorial of this great victory.
Seite 436 - His army was ordered to assemble in St. John's Fields : great numbers of people surrounded them: an harangue was pronounced to this mixed multitude, setting forth the title of Edward, and inveighing against the tyranny and usurpation of the rival family : and the people were then asked, whether they would have Henry of Lancaster for king?
Seite 380 - The eyes of all Europe were turned towards this scene ; where, it was reasonably supposed, the French were to make their last stand for maintaining the independence of their monarchy and the rights of their sovereign.
Seite 222 - Crecy, and there determined to wait with tranquillity the shock of the enemy. He drew up his men on a gentle ascent, and divided them into three lines. The first was commanded by the young prince of Wales ; the second was conducted by the earls of Northampton and Arundel ; and the third, kept as a body of reserve, was headed by the king in person.
Seite 29 - I was obliged to employ both entreaties and menaces, ray lord of Winchester, to have you elected; my proceedings, I confess, were very irregular, my lords of Salisbury and Carlisle, when I raised you from the lowest stations to your present dignities...
Seite 359 - ... that France and England should for ever be united under one king ; but should still retain their several usages, customs, and privileges: that all the princes, peers, vassals, and communities of France should swear, that they would both adhere to the future succession of Henry, and pay him present obedience as regent : that this prince should unite his arms to those of king Charles and the duke of Burgundy, in order to subdue the adherents of Charles the pretended dauphin...
Seite 284 - It is not impossible but many of them, in the delirium of their first success, might have formed such projects : but of all the evils incident to human society, the insurrections of the populace, when not raised and supported by persons of higher quality, are the least to be dreaded...
Seite 12 - ... and independent power of the nobles. And what was of great importance, it threw a mighty authority into the hands of men, who, by their profession, were averse to arms and violence ; who tempered by their mediation the general disposition towards military enterprises ; and who still maintained, even amidst the shock of arms, those secret links, without which it is impossible for human society to subsist.
Seite 284 - The populace, overawed by his presence, implicitly followed him: he led them into the fields, to prevent any disorder which might have arisen by their continuing in the city...

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