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" ... took a rusty sword and smote off his head within half a dozen strokes, and took away his gown of russet, and his doublet of velvet mailed, and laid his body on the sands of Dover, and some say his head was set on a pole by it, and his men set on the... "
Paston Letters: Original Letters, Written During the Reigns of Henry VI ... - Page 19
edited by - 1859 - 168 pages
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Original letters, written during the reigns of Henry vi., Edward ..., Parts 6-7

sir John Fenn - 1787 - 406 pages
...rufty Sword and fmote off his head within s half a dozen ilrokes, and took away his Gown of Ruflet, and his Doublet of velvet mailed, and laid his Body on the Sands pf Dover ; and fome fay his Head was fet on a pole by it; * and his men fit on the land by great circumftance...
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Annual Register, Volume 29

Edmund Burke - History - 1789 - 678 pages
...rufty Sword and fmote off his head within * half a dozen ftrokes, and took away his Gown of Ruffet, and his Doublet of velvet mailed, and laid his Body on the Sands of Dover ; and fome fay his Head was fet on a pole by it ; f and his men fit an the land by great circumftance [q....
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 29

History - 1789 - 604 pages
...rutty Sword and fmote off his head within * half a dozen ftrokes, and took away his Gown of Ruflet, and his Doublet of velvet mailed, and laid his Body on the Sands of Dover ; and fome fay his Head was fet on a pole by it ; -fr and his men fit an the land by great cir. cumftance...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 29

History - 1789 - 592 pages
...rufty Sword and fmote off his head within * half a dozen ftrokes, and took away his Gown of Ruflet, and his Doublet of velvet mailed, and laid his Body on the Sands of Dover ; and fome fay his Head was fet on a pole by it ; + ar\d his men fit an the land by great circumftance [q....
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 508 pages
...be fairly fought with, and die on a sword ; and he took a rusty sword, and smote off his head within half a dozen strokes, and took away his gown of russet,...say his head was. set on a pole by it; and his men sit on the land by great circumstance*, and pray. And the sheriff of Kent doth watch the bodyf , and...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 944 pages
...be fairly fought with, and die on a sword; and he took a rusty sword, and smote off his head within half a dozen strokes, and took away his gown of russet,...Dover ; and some say his head was set on a pole by it j and his men sit on the land by great circumstance*, and pray. And the sheriff of Kent doth watch...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...be fairly fought with, and die on a sword ; and he took a rusty sword, and smote off his head within half a dozen strokes, and took away his gown of russet,...and his doublet of velvet mailed, and laid his body OB the sands of Dover ; and some say his head was set on a pole by it; and his men sit on the land...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 508 pages
...be fairly fought with, and die on a sword ; and he took a rusty sword, and smote off his head within half a dozen strokes, and* took away his gown of russet,...mailed, and laid his body on the sands of Dover ; and somf say his head was set on a pdlc by it; and his men sit on the land by great circumstance*, and...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volume 54

English literature - 1838
...fought with, and die on a sword ; and took a rusty sword and smote off his head within half-a-dozen strokes, and took away his gown of russet, and his...say his head was set on a pole by it, and his men sit on the land by great circumstance and pray. And the sheriff of Kent doth watch the body, and sent...
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Paston letters: original letters written during the reigns of ..., Volume 1

sir John Fenn, Alexander Ramsay (miscellaneous writer) - 1840 - 414 pages
...(dealt) with, and die on a sword ; and took a rusty sword and smote off his head within [,s leti than] half a dozen strokes, and took away his gown of russet,...set on a pole by it; and his men set on the land by [iriMj great circumstance and prey [parade and robbery.^2 1 Impeachments by the Commons ; this shows...
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