Select Historical Documents of the Middle AgesErnest Flagg Henderson G. Bell and sons, 1896 - 477 pages |
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... lest it die with thee ? I answered : " lo , brother , thou hast now for a long time sat at the exchequer , and nothing is hidden from thee , for thou art painstaking . And the same is probably the case with the others who have seats ...
... lest it die with thee ? I answered : " lo , brother , thou hast now for a long time sat at the exchequer , and nothing is hidden from thee , for thou art painstaking . And the same is probably the case with the others who have seats ...
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... lest they might seem to know too little about many things , and in order that art might less easily become known , have sought to appropriate many things , and have concealed them under unknown words : but thou dost not undertake to ...
... lest they might seem to know too little about many things , and in order that art might less easily become known , have sought to appropriate many things , and have concealed them under unknown words : but thou dost not undertake to ...
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... lest any thing placed upon it should fall off . There is placed over the top of the exchequer , moreover , a cloth bought at the Easter term , not an ordinary one but a black one marked with stripes , the stripes being distant from each ...
... lest any thing placed upon it should fall off . There is placed over the top of the exchequer , moreover , a cloth bought at the Easter term , not an ordinary one but a black one marked with stripes , the stripes being distant from each ...
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... lest anything should be written which should escape his eye ; and in like manner the scribe of the chancery at the side of the scribe of the treasurer , that he might faith- fully take down what the latter wrote ; and likewise the clerk ...
... lest anything should be written which should escape his eye ; and in like manner the scribe of the chancery at the side of the scribe of the treasurer , that he might faith- fully take down what the latter wrote ; and likewise the clerk ...
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... lest his too hasty hand proceed before his tongue , or the reverse ; but at the same time that he counts he shall place the counter and designate the number , lest there be an error in the number . The sum , therefore , which is ...
... lest his too hasty hand proceed before his tongue , or the reverse ; but at the same time that he counts he shall place the counter and designate the number , lest there be an error in the number . The sum , therefore , which is ...
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abbot according aforesaid apostles archbishop archbishop of Mainz bailiffs barons bishops brothers called cerning chattels Christ clergy clerk concerning count count palatine court Danegeld debt debtor decree denars dignity diligently divine duke of Saxony ecclesiastical Edited election emperor or king England envoys escheats estates exchequer faith farm father favour fisc hand heir Henry honour imperial judge judgment justice king of Bohemia kingdom knights labour land lest likewise lord king lord pope matter melter monastery monks moreover namely necessary nevertheless Nicephorus oath observed paid parliament payments peace persons Peter possessions pound present presume prince electors promise punished reason receive regard render satisfaction renders account Roman church royal Salic law scutage sent sentenced sheriff shillings straightway summons tally thee things thou dost thou hast tion Translated treasurer unless vols whole wish words writ yearly roll
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