| Edward Marshall - Bladon (England) - 1873 - 536 pages
...half-a-dozen strokes, and took away his gown of russet, nnd his doublet of velvet, mailed, and laid hi* body on the sands of Dover; and some say his head...set on a pole by it; and his men set on the land by great art urn stance and prey. And the sheriff of Kent doth watch the body, and sent hia under-sheriff... | |
| Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1874 - 556 pages
...(dealt) 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...; and some say his head was set on a pole by it." There is a letter from the duke of Suffolk to his son, dated April 1450, " the day of my departing... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1890 - 204 pages
...fairly ferd (dealt) 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,...set on a pole by it, and his men set on the land, by great circumstance and prey. And the sheriff of Kent doth watch the body, and sent his under-sheriff... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1884 - 374 pages
...fairly ferd (dealt) 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,...set on a pole by it, and his men set on the land, by great circumstance and prey. And the sheriff of Kent doth watch the body, and sent his undei-sheriff... | |
| Joseph H. Beale - World history - 1884 - 1152 pages
...(dealt) 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...Dover; and some say his head was set on a pole by it." There is a letter from the duke of Suffolk to his son, dated April, 1450 — " the day of my departing... | |
| Frederick York Powell, Thomas Frederick Tout - Great Britain - 1885 - 424 pages
...should be fairly dealt with and die by 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 doublet of velvet mailed [studded], and laid his body on the sands of Dover and his head on a pole by it." Thus began sorrow... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1888 - 210 pages
...fairly ferd (dealt) 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,...set on a pole by it, and his men set on the land, by great circumstance and prey. And the sheriff of Kent doth watch the body, and sent his under-sheriff... | |
| English periodicals - 1888 - 646 pages
...be fairly ferd (dealt) 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...Dover; and some say his head was set on a pole by it." The headsman charged with the execution of Mary Queen of Scots was so disturbed by the scene — which... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 454 pages
...open its gates to any commander with an adequate force who asked for entrance. off his head within 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 great circumstance and prey [with great formality and parade] . And the sheriff of Kent doth watch... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...should be fair fared 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,...set on a pole by it, and his men set on the land by great circumstance and prey [with great formality and parade] . And the sheriff of Kent doth watch... | |
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