A Topographical Account of the Parish of Scampton: In the County of Lincoln and of the Roman Antiquities Lately Discovered There : Together with Anecdotes of the Family of Bolles |
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Page 53 - To favour him in any thing she was not coy. But at last there came commandment For to set the ladies free, With their jewels still adorned, None to do them injury. Then said this lady mild,
Page 55 - Well in troth I shall endure extremity, For I could find in heart to lose my life for thee.'' " Courteous ladye, leave this fancy, Here comes all that breeds the strife ; I in England have already A sweet woman to my wife : I will not falsify my vow for gold nor gain, Nor yet for all the fairest dames that live in Spain.
Page 55 - I have neither gold nor silver To maintain thee in this case; And to travel is great charges, As you know, in every place.
Page 52 - New lungs, and cure the sourness of the breath. But neither Median woods (a plenteous land), Fair Ganges, Hermus, rolling golden sand, Nor Bactria, nor the richer Indian fields, Nor all the gummy stores Arabia yields, Nor any foreign earth of greater name, Can with sweet Italy contend in fame.
Page 59 - ... the doors, so that the enemy entered almost as soon, and after a short resistance, in which many were killed, the soldiers, overpowered, threw down their arms, and asked quarter, which was likewise offered to the colonel, who refused it, and valiantly defended himself, till with the death of two or three of the assailants, he was killed in the place, his enemies giving him a testimony of great courage and resolution.
Page 55 - But ere my prayers have an end, be sure of this, To pray for thee and for thy love I will not miss.
Page 59 - Wallingford, when he found himself encompassed by the enemy's army of horse and foot, saw he could not defend himself, or make other resistance than by retiring with his men into the church, which he hoped to maintain for so many hours, that relief might be sent to him ; but he had not time to...
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Page 56 - I will spend my days in prayer, Love and all her laws defy; In a nunnery will I shroud me, Far from any company : But ere my prayers have an end, be sure of this, To pray for thee and for thy love I will not miss, Thus farewell, most gallant captain ! Farewell too my heart's content ! Count not Spanish ladies wanton, Though to thee my love was bent : Joy and true prosperity go still with thee !' ' The like fall ever to thy share, most fair lady I' THE WATER O
Page 53 - So saying, they returned to the lodge unseen, and with pious and submissive prayers, the Countess closed that eventful evening. CHAPTER XXVI. Will you hear of a Spanish lady, How she wooed an Englishman? Garments gay, as rich as may be, Deck'd with jewels she had on. Of a comely countenance and grace was she, And by birth and parentage of high degree.