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Page 154 - ... udunt yg for a penny halfpenny; and it was a delicious feast to them to get horse flesh ; and on that account the king returned to England about Whitsuntide, with his' errand imperfect, after disgracefully losing many of his men and much property. After that, about the calends of August, the king returned to Wales, his mind being more cruel and his army larger, and he built many castles in Gwynedd. And he proceeded over the river Conway towards the mountain of Eryri, and incited some of his troops...
Page 150 - Roscommon, each in his full county court, and the seneschals of the liberties of Meath, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, and Ulster...
Page 176 - ... of our barons, offer and freely grant to God and His holy apostles Peter and Paul, and the holy Roman Church, our mother, and to our lord the Pope Innocent and his catholic successors, the whole realm of England and the whole realm of Ireland with all their rights and appurtenances, for the remission of our sins and those of all our race, as well quick as dead ; and from now receiving back and holding these as a feudal dependant, from God and the Roman Church...
Page 97 - We thank you for your good and faithful service, and desire that, as much as in you lies, you will persevere in the fidelity and homage which you owe to us; that you may receive a worthy meed of praise from God and from ourself and from all who know your faithfulness.
Page 154 - Cf. Brut y Tywysogion, 203 (Henry II in the mountains of Berwyn) : " And when provisions had failed him, he removed his tents and his army to the open plains of England." And again (King John at Dyganwy) : " And there the army was in so great want of provisions that an egg was sold for a penny halfpenny ; and it was a delicious feast to them to get horseflesh, and on that account the King returned to England . . . with his errand imperfect.
Page 55 - I think and believe," says the archbishop, " that (according to right) we ought to elect Duke Arthur." " To my mind," says the earl, wantonly lying in his hairy throat,8 " that would be bad : for Arthur is counselled by traitors, and he is haughty and proud ; and, if we set him over us, he will seek evil against us : for he loves not the people of England. He shall not come there by my advice. But let us rather look upon Earl John : for my conscience and my knowledge point him out to me as the next...
Page 154 - Hoarse/ the sons of the lord Rhys. And thereupon, Llywelyn moved with his forces into the middle of the country, and his property to the mountain of Eryri ; and the forces of Mona, with their property, in the same manner.
Page 96 - I know that well, sire," replied William; "but you, who are wise and mighty and of high lineage, and whose work it is to govern us all, have not been careful to avoid irritating people. If you had, it would have been better for us all. Methinks I speak not without reason." The King, " as if a sword had struck him to the heart...