 | Paula A. W. Wallace - 2007 - 218 pages
...Selling of Land or Traffick, without advising with them; and which is more, with the Young Men too. 'Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are,...yet how they move by the Breath of their People. I nave had occasion to be in Council with them upon Treaties for Land, and to adjust the terms of Trade;... | |
 | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Libraries - 1920 - 650 pages
...of moment is undertaken, be it war, peace, selling of land or traffick, without advising with them; and, which is more, with the young men too. It is...adjust the terms of trade: their order is thus: the king sits in the middle of an half moon, and hath his council, the old and wise on each hand; behind... | |
 | Samuel Sloan - Architecture - 1869 - 978 pages
...which, perhaps, is " 200 people ; and the young men, too, "are consulted upon any matter of " moment. It is admirable to consider, " how powerful the kings...with them, upon treaties for " land and to adjust terms of trade. " Their order is thus : the king sits in " the middle of a half-moon ; and has his... | |
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Every king hath his council, and that consists of all the old and wise men of his nation, which perhaps is two hundred people. Nothing of moment is undertaken, be it war, peace, selling of land or traffic, without advising with them ; and which is more,... 
