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Стр. 213 - ... of the kingdom of heaven. On this account I thought it highly useful to solicit his patronage with God. " Be it moreover known to you, that there was at the festival of Easter a great assemblage of noble personages with the lord, and the pope John, and the emperor Conrad, namely...
Стр. 326 - By the Lord before whom this relic is holy, I will be to N. faithful and true, and love all that he loves, and shun all that he shuns, according to God's law, and according to the world's principles ; and never, by will nor by force, by word nor by work, do aught of what is loathful to him ; on condition that he me keep as I am willing to deserve, and all that fulfil that our agreement was, when I to him submitted and chose his will.
Стр. 212 - I notify to you that I have lately been to Rome, to pray for the forgiveness of my sins, for the safety of my dominions, and of the people under my government. I...
Стр. 314 - By the laws it was provided that the heriot should be paid within twelve months from the death of the last possessor ; and was apportioned to the rank which he bore in the state. That of an earl was four horses saddled, four unsaddled, four helmets, four coats of mail, eight spears, eight shields, four swords, and one hundred mancuses of gold ; of a king's thane...
Стр. 214 - I shall have concluded peace with the neighbouring nations, and settled the concerns of my eastern dominions, it is my intention to return to England, as soon as the fine weather will permit me to sail. But I have sent you this letter beforehand ; that all the people of my kingdom may rejoice at my prosperity. For you all know that I never spared nor will spare myself, or my labour, when my object is the advantage of my subjects.
Стр. 307 - Non enim habent regem iidem Antiqui Saxones, sed satrapas plurimos suae genti praepositos, qui ingruente belli articulo mittunt aequaliter sortes, et quemcumque sors ostenderit, hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur, huic obtemperant ; peracto autem bello, rursum aequalis potentiae omnes fiunt satrapae.
Стр. 320 - Conquest, consisted of the unfree or servile (theowat, efiuu), whose number, as registered in Domesday-book, was little above 25,000. Of these, the majority were in a state of slavery by birth, whose forefathers had been either Roman slaves, British prisoners of war, or other enemies. Others, denominated, wite-theowas...
Стр. 248 - ... in harbouring even the king and his followers, the townspeople could secure themselves: but to these Franks, who were regarded as a public nuisance, no one would act as host. One of them having wounded a householder, who resisted his attempt at entrance, was slain by the latter ; whereupon Eustace and his followers mounted their horses and made a general attack on the inhabitants, in which the householder above-mentioned and about twenty others were slain. Many of the French also fell by the...
Стр. 83 - ... tenures of the present day. King Alfred the Great bequeathed " his Boc-land to his nearest relative ; and if any of them have children, it is more agreeable to me that it go to those born on the male side." He adds, " My grandfather bequeathed his land on the spear side, not on the spindle side ; therefore if I have given what he acquired to any on the female side, let my kinsman make compensation.
Стр. 324 - ... present. But, while it continued to be folcland, it could not be alienated in perpetuity; and, therefore, on the expiration of the term for which it had been granted, it reverted to the community, and was again...

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