Joannis Lelandi Antiquarii de rebus britannicis collectanea, Volume 1Impensis Gul. & Jo. Richardson, 1770 - Great Britain |
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Page lxxvi - ... to the place where the deceased lay, and stood before the door of the house, when some of the Family came out and furnished him with a Cricket on which he sat down facing the door. Then they gave him a Groat, which he put in his pocket ; a Crust of Bread, which he eat ; and a full bowle of Ale, which he drank off at a draught.
Page lxxi - Waller observed to me in his letter, that the proportions of the bass-relieve are so very fine, that it is plain from thence that it cannot be a work of the Bass empire ; but then...
Page 236 - Fulco the secunde to kepe the Marches of Walys. Morice, Sunne to Roger that had Whitington Castel gyven hym by the Prince of Wales, was made Governer of the Marchis by King John that yn no wise lovid Fulco Guaryne. Moryce...
Page lxvi - I remember that formerly many such bones were shown for Giants-Bones, particularly one in the Church of Aldermanbury which was hung in a Chain on a Pillar of the Church ; and such another was kept in St. Laurence's Church, much of the same Bigness. All which bones were publickly to be seen before the dreadful Fire of London, as it appears to me from the Chronicles of Stow, Grafton, Muuday, &c."* Who or what the
Page lii - it would be a great profit to students, and honour to this realm ; whereas now the Germans, perceiving our desidiousness and negligence, do send daily young scholars hither, that spoileth them, and cutteth them out of libraries, returning home and putting them abroad as monuments of their own country.
Page lxiv - Tis this very Gentleman that discovered the Body of an Elephant, as he was digging for Gravel in a Field near to the Sign of Sir John Old-Castle in the Fields, not far from Battlebridge, and near to the River of Wells, which tho' now dryed up, was a considerable River in the time of the Romans.
Page lxi - Street, was another station of the Romans, in that part which formerly bore the name of the Old Artillery Ground, and was their field of Mars, in which place the Romans trained up and exercised their young soldiers, and likewise the youth of the neighbouring...
Page lxvi - I remember that formerly many such bones were shewn for giants bones, particularly one in the church of Aldermanbury, which was hung in a chain on a pillar of the church ; and such another was kept in St.
Page 238 - French historie yn rime of the actes of the Guarines onto the death of Fulco the 2. Fulco, after that he had bene longe aboute the quarters of Cartage and Barbary, and ther had the love of a nobile ladie caullid Idonie, he repayrid agayn to the quarters of England, and there hering that his brother William was alyve...
Page 236 - Bore of Golde, and borderid of Sylver with Asure Floures fulle faire. Fulco and his Brethern put Morice to flite. Bracy did hurt Maurice in the Sholdre. King John caussid a Hunderith Knightes to seke Fulco and his Brethern, and apon that they fled to Holt Woode, and there got a greate Pray of Sylkes and Baudekins preparid for King John.