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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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The Early History of Woodstock Manor and Its Environs: In Bladon, Hensington ...

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...
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The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society ..., Volume 2

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...
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Shakespeare's History of King Henry the Sixth...

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...
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Henry VI, pts. 2-3

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...
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Macaulay, T.B. History; and essay.-[Yonge, C.M.] History of Greece.-[Gibbon ...

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...
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History of England, by F.Y. Powell and (T.F. Tout).

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...
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History of King Henry the Sixth, Part 2

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...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 265

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...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 10

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...
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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature ..., Volume 10

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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