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" ... which pleased the Queen so much, that she gave them a brace of bucks, and five marks in money, to bear the charges of a feast. Likewise on the pool there was a Triton riding on a mermaid, eighteen feet long ; as also Arion on a dolphin, and rare music.... "
A Concise History and Description of Kenilworth Castle: From Its Foundation ... - Page 22
by Kenilworth castle - 1825 - 36 pages
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A Tour Through the Northern Counties of England, and the Borders ..., Volume 2

Richard Warner - England - 1802 - 318 pages
...Lord Cobham; Sir Francis Stanhope, and Sir Thomas Tresham. The cost and expence of this entertainment may be . guessed at, by the quantity of beer then...ensuing, Lord Leicester obtained, by grant of the Queen, a weekly market here, upon the Wednesday, and a fair yearly on Midsummer-day." This was the...
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Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and ..., Volume 2

Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...Thomas Tresham. The cost and expense whereof may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drunk, which amounted to three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary sort, as I have credibly heard."* * Hist, of Warwickshire, Dagdale, Thomas's edit, p. 236. One of ihe last specimens...
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The Christian Spectator, Volume 8

Theology - 1826 - 688 pages
...entilled, 'The Princely Pleasures of Kenilworth Casile. &c.' — the cost and expense whereof may be guest at by the quantity of beer then drank, which amounted to three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinnry sort, as 1 have credibly heard." During the civil wars the castle was seized by Cromwell,...
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator, Volume 8

Theology - 1826 - 684 pages
...entitled, 'The Princely Pleasures of Kenilworth Casile, &c.' — the cost and expense whereof may be guest at by the quantity of beer then drank, which amounted to three hundred and tweniv hocsheads of the ordintiry sort, as I have credibly heard." During the civil wars the castle...
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The Waverley Anecdotes: Illustrative of the Incidents, Characters, and ...

Walter Scott - Waverley novels. Selections - 1833 - 418 pages
...feet long ; as also Arion on a dolphin, and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary fort; and, for the greater honour thereof, Sir Thomas Cecil, son and heir to the Lord Burleigh, Lord...
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The Waverly Anecdotes: Illustrative of the Incidents, Characters ..., Volume 1

Mr. Forsyth - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...feet long; as also Arion on a dolphin, and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary fort; and for the greater honor thereof, Sir Thomas Cecil, son and heir to' the Lord Burleigh, Lord...
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The Waverley Anecdotes: Illustrative of the Incidents, Characters, and ...

Walter Scott - Waverley novels. Selections - 1833 - 412 pages
...feet long ; as also Arion on a dolphin, and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary fort; and, for the greater honour thereof, Sir Thomas Cecil, son and heir to the Lord Burleigh, Lord...
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Notices and Anecdotes Illustrative of the Incidents, Characters, and Scenery ...

1833 - 448 pages
...The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drunk, which amounted to three hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary sort; and, for the greater honour thereof, Sir Thomas Cecil, son and heir to the Lord Burleigh, Lord Treasurer;...
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The Castles and Abbeys of England, Volume 1

William Beattie - Abbeys - 1842 - 398 pages
...long ; as also Arion, on a dolphin ; and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary sort. More simple amusements were also studiously introduced : the rural neighbours were armorial bearings...
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The castles and abbeys of England, Volume 1

William Beattie - 1844 - 404 pages
...long ; as also Arion, on a dolphin; and rare music. The costs and expenses of these entertainments may be guessed at by the quantity of beer then drank,...hundred and twenty hogsheads of the ordinary sort. More simple amusements were also studiously introduced : the rural neighbours were assembled to run...
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