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A32793 Anthologia historica containing fourteen centuries of memorable passages and remarkable occurrents, collected out of the English, Spanish, Imperial, and Jewish histories, and several other authors, and writers. Chetwynd, John, 1623-1692. 1674 (1674) Wing C3793; ESTC R6733 198,797 474

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to_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n whereby_o the_o land_n be_v weaken_v the_o conqueror_n reply_v that_o since_o the_o clergy_n be_v so_o rich_a that_o thereby_o the_o land_n be_v enfeeble_v out_o of_o thy_o own_o mouth_n will_v i_o condemn_v thou_o and_o begin_v with_o thou_o first_o and_o immediate_o take_v all_o the_o land_n that_o lie_v between_o barnet_n and_o london-stone_n from_o he_o id._n p._n 429._o the_o monk_n of_o ely_n be_v to_o pay_v seven_o hundred_o mark_n by_o way_n of_o composition_n to_o the_o conqueror_n when_o they_o come_v to_o pay_v there_o want_v a_o groat_n upon_o which_o he_o make_v they_o pay_v a_o thousand_o mark_n more_o for_o their_o peace_n speed_v hist_n p._n 429._o william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o normandy_n be_v sick_a of_o some_o disease_n in_o his_o belly_n and_o keep_v his_o bed_n more_o than_o he_o be_v use_v philip_n king_n of_o france_n hear_v of_o it_o say_v oh_o what_o a_o number_n of_o candle_n must_v i_o offer_v when_o our_o cousin_n go_v to_o church_n i_o think_v a_o million_o will_v not_o suffice_v the_o conqueror_n be_v tell_v of_o it_o say_v our_o cousin_n of_o france_n shall_v be_v at_o no_o such_o charge_n but_o after_o this_o my_o childbed_n i_o will_v find_v he_o candle_n and_o light_v they_o myself_o and_o immediate_o enter_v france_n and_o fire_v all_o before_o he_o and_o burn_v the_o city_n of_o aunt_n in_o who_o wall_n be_v enclose_v a_o anchoret_n who_o may_v but_o will_v not_o escape_v hold_v it_o a_o breach_n of_o his_o religion_n vow_v to_o forsake_v his_o cell_n in_o that_o distress_n p._n 432._o immanuel_n historical_a collection_n century_n viii_o robert_n duke_n of_o normandy_n in_o a_o battle_n encounter_v his_o own_o father_n william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o unhorse_v he_o but_o know_v he_o by_o his_o voice_n humble_v himself_o and_o secure_v his_o father_n from_o further_a danger_n speed_v hist_n p._n 430._o william_n the_o conqueror_n imprison_v his_o brother_n odo_n who_o be_v both_o a_o earl_n and_o bishop_n of_o bayeux_n say_v he_o do_v it_o not_o as_o his_o brother_n be_v a_o bishop_n but_o as_o he_o enjoy_v a_o secular_a honour_n william_n the_o conqueror_n die_v hear_v the_o great_a bell_n ring_n prime_n to_o our_o lady_n lift_v up_o his_o hand_n say_v i_o commend_v myself_o to_o that_o bless_a lady_n mary_n mother_n of_o god_n that_o she_o by_o her_o holy_a prayer_n may_v reconcile_v i_o to_o her_o most_o dear_a son_n our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o with_o these_o word_n yield_v up_o the_o ghost_n p._n 434._o william_n the_o conqueror_n no_o soon_o dead_a but_o be_v forsake_v and_o leave_v naked_a by_o all_o his_o follower_n none_o take_v care_n to_o bury_v he_o till_o a_o poor_a country_n knight_n one_o harluin_n undertake_v to_o carry_v he_o to_o cane_n where_o fire_n happen_v at_o his_o entrance_n all_o left_a the_o hearse_n and_o be_v about_o to_o be_v inter_v one_o asceline_n fit_n arthur_n forbid_v he_o burial_n in_o that_o place_n which_o he_o allege_v be_v sometime_o his_o father_n house_n till_o compound_v with_o and_o when_o he_o be_v put_v into_o the_o grave_n his_o body_n break_v drive_v all_o away_o with_o the_o intolerable_a stench_n speed_v hist_n p._n 434._o rufus_n besiege_v rochester_n command_v that_o every_o man_n shall_v repair_v to_o the_o siege_n that_o will_v not_o be_v count_v a_o nide_n a_o word_n of_o such_o disgrace_n and_o so_o distasteful_a to_o the_o english_a that_o multitude_n seem_v rather_o to_o fly_v than_o to_o run_v to_o it_o p._n 438._o henry_n the_o young_a son_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n be_v besiege_v by_o his_o two_o brother_n robert_n and_o william_n in_o great_a want_n of_o water_n send_v to_o duke_n robert_n who_o courteous_o supply_v he_o at_o which_o when_o rufus_n be_v displease_v robert_n reply_v do_v thou_o esteem_v of_o water_n more_o than_o of_o a_o brother_n have_v no_o more_o than_o he_o and_o i_o in_o which_o dissension_n henry_n escape_v id._n 439._o malcolme_n king_n of_o 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he_o dream_v bootless_a ibid._n rufus_n hunt_v in_o the_o new_a forest_n which_o his_o father_n have_v depopulate_v be_v accident_o shoot_v by_o sir_n walter_n tyrrel_n and_o be_v slay_v be_v lay_v in_o a_o collier_n cart_n draw_v with_o one_o horse_n which_o cart_n break_v in_o a_o dirty_a way_n and_o there_o lie_v the_o spectacle_n of_o earthly_a glory_n pitiful_o begoar_v and_o filthy_o bemire_v id._n p._n 443._o henry_n beauclerke_n after_o he_o be_v king_n his_o first_o work_n be_v to_o reform_v his_o court_n and_o household_n cashier_v all_o nice_a and_o effeminate_a wanton_n and_o enact_v a_o decree_n against_o his_o courtier_n rapine_n adultery_n and_o robbery_n punish_v their_o theft_n with_o death_n and_o their_o lechery_n with_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o eye_n and_o other_o part_n peccant_a speed_v hist_n p._n 445._o robert_n duke_n of_o normandy_n be_v choose_v king_n of_o jerusalem_n hear_v of_o the_o death_n of_o rufus_n refuse_v that_o in_o hope_n to_o have_v england_n 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he_o do_v id._n f._n 248._o a_o woman_n of_o berckley_n in_o glocestershire_n have_v long_o use_v evil_a art_n as_o she_o sit_v at_o a_o feast_n a_o crow_n that_o she_o keep_v creke_v loud_a than_o she_o be_v wont_a the_o woman_n then_o say_v o_o my_o saul_n be_v come_v to_o sorrow_n this_o day_n send_v for_o her_o child_n confess_v her_o sin_n and_o wish_v they_o to_o bind_v she_o in_o her_o coffin_n with_o chain_n and_o if_o she_o ●ay_v four_o day_n to_o bury_v she_o but_o she_o be_v fetch_v by_o the_o devil_n out_o of_o the_o church_n set_v upon_o a_o black_a horse_n and_o carry_v away_o with_o terrible_a cry_n id._n fol._n 257._o a_o citizen_n of_o rome_n name_v lucianus_n have_v marry_v a_o wife_n call_v eugenia_n after_o his_o wedding_n dinner_n go_v to_o the_o field_n and_o be_v to_o play_v put_v his_o ring_n upon_o the_o finger_n of_o a_o image_n that_o stand_v by_o when_o he_o have_v do_v his_o play_n come_v for_o his_o ring_n he_o can_v not_o get_v it_o off_o at_o night_n bedding_n his_o wife_n something_o between_o he_o and_o his_o wife_n lie_v by_o he_o and_o say_v lie_v with_o i_o i_o be_o the_o goddess_n venus_n thou_o have_v wed_v this_o day_n and_o so_o do_v many_o night_n at_o last_o his_o friend_n apply_v themselves_o to_o one_o palumbus_fw-la a_o priest_n that_o be_v a_o necromancer_n by_o who_o mean_n he_o get_v his_o ring_n and_o afterward_o hear_v no_o more_o of_o his_o bedfellow_n polycron_n f._n 247._o in_o the_o province_n of_o apul●a_n be_v a_o image_n of_o marble_n with_o a_o head_n of_o brass_n and_o have_v a_o garland_n on_o which_o be_v write_v the_o first_o day_n of_o may_v i_o shall_v have_v a_o head_n of_o gold_n a_o saracen_n prisoner_n understand_v what_o it_o mean_v and_o come_v the_o first_o day_n of_o may_n and_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o image_n in_o length_n and_o breadth_n and_o find_v under_o the_o shadow_n a_o great_a treasure_n with_o which_o he_o pay_v his_o ransom_n id._n fol._n 258._o patronus_fw-la a_o anchorite_n in_o a_o abbey_n of_o scotland_n the_o abbey_n be_v on_o fire_n and_o he_o may_v have_v escape_v and_o will_v not_o go_v four_o but_o be_v willing_o and_o wilful_o burn_v but_o say_v trevisa_n the_o translator_n of_o polycronicon_fw-la god_n grant_v he_o be_v not_o damn_v for_o his_o blind_a devotion_n fol._n 258._o oliver_z a_o monk_n of_o malmsbury_n in_o his_o youth_n array_v himself_o to_o fly_v as_o daedalus_n do_v but_o fall_v down_o and_o lame_v himself_o in_o his_o thigh_n all_o his_o life_n after_o which_o he_o impute_v to_o his_o neglect_n or_o forgetfulness_n in_o not_o make_v himself_o asleep_o tail_n id._n 260._o walter_n bishop_n of_o hereford_n in_o the_o time_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n fall_v in_o love_n with_o a_o sempster_n of_o that_o city_n and_o when_o he_o can_v not_o prevail_v b_o word_n he_o will_v have_v force_v she_o but_o she_o run_v he_o into_o the_o belly_n with_o her_o scissors_n of_o which_o he_o die_v id._n 262._o 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and_o preferment_n id._n f._n 10._o in_o the_o dead_a sea_n a_o lantern_n with_o a_o candle_n light_v swim_v and_o float_v but_o if_o the_o light_n be_v quench_v it_o sink_v nothing_o that_o have_v life_n will_v sink_v as_o be_v try_v by_o vespasian_n who_o throw_v in_o two_o man_n bind_v together_o and_o yet_o they_o swim_v king_n alexander_n intend_v to_o make_v war_n upon_o the_o amazon_n they_o write_v to_o he_o that_o they_o much_o wonder_v at_o he_o for_o if_o he_o be_v vanquish_v he_o shall_v have_v great_a shame_n and_o if_o he_o be_v conqueror_n he_o shall_v have_v no_o credit_n with_o which_o letter_n he_o be_v so_o convince_v that_o he_o forbear_v to_o meddle_v with_o they_o send_v for_o the_o queen_n keep_v she_o as_o his_o concubine_n forty_o day_n and_o send_v she_o back_o with_o child_n by_o he_o polycrhonicon_n fol._n 17._o the_o shadow_n of_o mount_n athos_n reach_v seventy_o mile_n in_o length_n id._n f._n 20._o bellerophon_n image_n with_o his_o horse_n make_v of_o iron_n weigh_v fifteen_o thousand_o pound_n weight_n hang_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o temple_n in_o the_o air_n without_o chain_n or_o supporter_n only_o by_o the_o strength_n of_o adamant_n or_o lodestone_n that_o be_v in_o the_o vault_n and_o arch_n that_o draw_v the_o iron_n so_o every_o way_n that_o it_o may_v not_o move_v upward_o nor_o downward_o nor_o sideward_n but_o hang_v always_o in_o the_o middle_n id_fw-la f._n 23._o the_o albestone_n when_o once_o set_v on_o fire_n can_v never_o be_v quench_v or_o diminish_v f._n 23._o in_o the_o north_n of_o ireland_n be_v the_o land_n of_o life_n where_o none_o die_v till_o they_o be_v carry_v out_o id_fw-la f._n 35._o in_o the_o isle_n of_o thule_n the_o six_o summer_n month_n its_o day_n and_o the_o six_o winter_n month_n its_o night_n polycron_n f._n 41._o the_o isle_n of_o man_n be_v judge_v to_o britain_n from_o ireland_n because_o venomous_a creature_n be_v find_v therein_o id_fw-la f._n 44._o in_o bohemia_n there_o be_v a_o beast_n call_v boaz_n that_o have_v no_o horn_n but_o have_v a_o large_a bag_n under_o his_o chin_n wherein_o he_o gather_v water_n and_o in_o run_v heat_v scald_a hot_a and_o spout_v out_o on_o the_o hunter_n and_o hound_n that_o pursue_v he_o and_o scald_v they_o full_a sore_n a_o maid_n the_o same_o day_n she_o be_v to_o be_v marry_v turn_v into_o a_o man_n and_o short_o after_o marry_v a_o wife_n id._n f._n 49._o in_o the_o time_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n there_o be_v in_o england_n forty_o five_o thousand_o and_o two_o parish_n church_n id._n ibid._n what_o hannibal_n say_v of_o the_o roman_n that_o ranulph_n of_o chester_n say_v of_o englishman_n that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v overcome_v but_o in_o their_o own_o country_n idem_fw-la f._n 56._o the_o space_n between_o the_o hand_n stretch_v out_o which_o we_o call_v a_o fathom_n be_v the_o just_a length_n of_o the_o body_n polycronicon_fw-la f._n 57_o in_o africa_n there_o be_v some_o man_n that_o if_o they_o praise_v any_o thing_n it_o wither_v and_o decay_v id._n f._n 58._o trevisa_n tell_v of_o one_o roger_n bag_n a_o very_a old_a man_n in_o wotton_n underhedge_n in_o glocestershire_n that_o never_o spit_v or_o cough_v in_o all_o his_o life_n f._n 58._o when_o there_o be_v war_n between_o the_o man_n of_o thessaly_n and_o athens_n a_o oracle_n be_v give_v that_o the_o party_n who_o duke_n shall_v be_v slay_v shall_v have_v the_o better_a codrus_n king_n of_o athens_n disguise_v himself_o and_o go_v into_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o so_o willing_o occasion_v his_o own_o death_n to_o get_v the_o victory_n to_o his_o people_n f._n 85._o on_o sardanapalus_n tomb_n by_o his_o own_o appointment_n be_v write_v so_o much_o i_o have_v as_o i_o eat_v and_o drink_v id._n f._n 86._o lycurgus_n have_v establish_v his_o law_n bind_v the_o lacedaemonian_n by_o a_o oath_n not_o to_o alter_v they_o till_o
consecrate_a three_o monk_n priest_n viz._n dunstan_n ethelwold_n and_o ethelstan_n prophesy_v that_o the_o two_o first_o shall_v be_v bishop_n and_o the_o three_o a_o impious_a apostate_n which_o according_o come_v to_o pass_v id._n p._n 138._o the_o monk_n and_o clergy_n of_o durham_n be_v meet_v in_o the_o day_n of_o king_n ethelred_n to_o choose_v their_o bishop_n they_o be_v divide_v it_o happen_v to_o be_v present_a one_o edmund_n a_o man_n of_o comely_a presence_n but_o mean_a literature_n who_o in_o a_o jest_a manner_n say_v choose_v i_o and_o make_v i_o bishop_n they_o accept_v this_o though_o speak_v in_o jest_n as_o a_o heavenly_a designation_n agree_v all_o in_o the_o choice_n of_o he_o who_o prove_v above_o what_o be_v expect_v a_o profitable_a pastor_n id._n p._n 157._o wa●stan_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n in_o the_o time_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n a_o man_n of_o great_a simplicity_n and_o integrity_n when_o he_o be_v persuade_v instead_o of_o lambskin_n to_o 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