 Whether a panic had seized, or whether, through a mutability of mind, he was meditating a new revolt, does not appear; but the Earl, unable to curb his fury, rode up, and with one blow of his battle-axe claved the head of the supposed traitor.  The History of Luton ... - Page 13by Frederick Davis - 1855 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 474 pages
...cause. He found Lord Wenlock, with his troops, standing in the market-place. Whether a panic had seized, or whether, through a mutability of mind, he was meditating...to curb his fury, rode up, and with one blow of his battle-axe claved the head of the supposed traitor. The Wenlock arms are strewed over the walls in... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 512 pages
...He found Lord Wcitlock, with his troops, standing in the market-place. Whether a panic had seized, or whether, through a mutability of mind, he was meditating...to curb his fury, rode up, and with one blow of his battle-axe claved the head of the supposed traitor. The Wenlock arms arc strewed over the walls in... | |
 | 1802 - 708 pages
...market-place. Whether a panic had feized, or whether through a mutability of mind, he was indicating a new revolt, does not appear. But the Earl, unable to curb his fury, rode up, and with one blow of hii battle-axe cleaved the head of the fuppofed traitor. " The Wenlock arms are ftrewed over the walls... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - England - 1811 - 656 pages
...fierce attack he had made on the enemy, he returned, enraged, to see the cause. He found Lord fFenlock, with his troops, standing in the market-place. Whether...to curb his fury, rode up, and with one blow of his battle-ax clove the scull of the supposed traitor0. He was interred at Teivkesbury ; and his tomb is... | |
 | English literature - 1812 - 712 pages
...feized, or whether through a mutability of mind, he was indicating a new revolt, does not appear, lut the Earl, unable to curb his fury, rode up, and with one blow of his battle-axe cleaved the head of the fuppofed traitor. " The Wenlock arms are ftrewed over the walls... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 pages
...cause. He found Lord Wenlock, with his troops, standing in the market-place. Whether a panic had seized, or whether, through a mutability of mind, he was meditating...to curb his fury, rode up, and with one blow of his battle-axe cleaved the head of the supposed traitor. There are some very ancient monuments in this... | |
 | Frederick Davis (of Luton.) - Luton (England) - 1874 - 176 pages
...ward of the army. When Somerset, who led the van, found himself unsupported in the fierce attack he made on the enemy, he returned, enraged, to see the...skull of the supposed traitor. He was interred at Towkesbury, and his tomb is still to be seen in that noble Church." The Marquis of Bute's family is... | |
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