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" He made choise of some thirty of the civillest and bestfashioned gentlemen of the House to sup with him ; and, being at supper, took a cup of wine in one hand, and held his sword drawn in the other, and so began a health to the distressed Lady Elizabeth... "
Original letters, illustrative of English history; with notes and illustr ... - Page 118
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To 1726

Sir Henry Ellis - Great Britain - 1824 - 430 pages
...answered report. The Lieutenant of Middle Temple played a game this Christmas time, whereat his Mat.ie was highly displeased. He made choise of some thirty...laying his hand upon it, took an oath to live and die • The Queen of Uohcmia. in her service ; then delivered the cup and sword to the next, and so the...
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Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: To 1726

Henry Ellis - Great Britain - 1824 - 440 pages
...hand, and held his sword drawn in the other, and so began a health to the distressed Lady Elizabeth % and having drunk, kissed his sword, and laying his hand upon it, took an oath to live and die * The Queen of Bohemia. in her service ; then delivered the cup and sword to the next, and so the health...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 41

1825 - 588 pages
...hand, and held his sword drawn in the other, and so began a health to the distressed Lady Elizabeth, and having drunk, kissed his sword, and laying his...round. The Gentlemen of Grayes Inne, to make an end of Christinas on Twelfe night, in the dead time of the night, shott off all the chambers they had borrowed...
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To 1726

Henry Ellis - Great Britain - 1825 - 438 pages
...hand, and held his sword drawn in the other, and so began a health to the distressed Lady Elizabeth*, and having drunk, kissed his sword, and laying his...upon it, took an oath to live and die in her service ; i then delivered the cup and sword to the next, and so the health and ceremonie went round. The Gentlemen...
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The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King ..., Volume 4

John Nichols - England - 1828 - 702 pages
...drawn in the other, and so began a health 'to the distressed Lady Elizabeth' [the Queen of Bohemia], and having drunk, kissed his sword, and laying his...health and ceremonie went round. "The Gentlemen of Graye's Inne, to make an end of Christmas, on Twelfe1 Of Moyrath ; a person of pi incipal interest...
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural ..., Volume 8

Edward Mammatt - Art - 1838 - 380 pages
...hand and held his sword drawn in the other, and so began a health to the distressed Lady Elizabeth, and, having drunk, kissed his sword, and laying his...next, and so the health and .ceremonie went round."]: Seldom has royal misery been depicted in more vivid and affecting details than in the following letter...
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Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1840 - 424 pages
...laying his hand upon it, took * Wilson, p. 192 ; Sir W. Raleigh's Ghost in Phrenix Britannicus, p. 323. an oath to live and die in her service ; then delivered...the cup and sword to the next, and so the health and ceremony went round.* One of Elizabeth's most ardent admirers was the famous Sir Henry Wotton. The...
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The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People ..., Volume 4

George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 686 pages
...hand, and held his sword drawn in the other, and so began a health to the distressed Lady Elizabeth; and, having drunk, kissed his sword, and laying his...the cup and sword to the next, and so the health and ceremony went round."* Every step that the Palatine took was a blunder, and James could do little*...
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Waldie's Select Circulating Library, Volume 15

Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...in the other, and so began a health to the distressed Lady Elizabeth, and having drunk, kissed the sword, and laying his hand upon it, took an oath to...the cup and sword to the next, and so the health and ceremony went round. One of Elizabeth's most ardent admirers was the famous Sir Henry Wotton. The following...
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The Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Bart: During the ...

Sir Simonds D'Ewes - Great Britain - 1845 - 476 pages
...hand, and held his sword drawn in the other, and so began a health to the distressed Lady Elizabeth ; and having drunk, kissed his sword, and laying his...the cup and sword to the next, and so the health and ceremony went round." — Harleian MSS. parted with my father towards London. The sharpness of the...
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