Select Historical Documents of the Middle AgesErnest Flagg Henderson G. Bell and sons, 1896 - 477 pages |
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... means , or the lack of them , exalts or humbles the power of princes . For those who lack them will be a prey to their enemies , to those who have them their enemies will fall a prey . But although it may come about that these accrue to ...
... means , or the lack of them , exalts or humbles the power of princes . For those who lack them will be a prey to their enemies , to those who have them their enemies will fall a prey . But although it may come about that these accrue to ...
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... means of calculation , the same coin being placed for a counter shall signify now a penny , now a shilling , now a pound , now a hundred , now a thousand . M. So it is , but only , however , if it is placed with coins corresponding to ...
... means of calculation , the same coin being placed for a counter shall signify now a penny , now a shilling , now a pound , now a hundred , now a thousand . M. So it is , but only , however , if it is placed with coins corresponding to ...
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... means of a faithful messenger , throughout England , as has been said above . He also , by command of the president , calls into the latter's presence , when he needs them , the sheriffs , who are dis- persed in all directions outside ...
... means of a faithful messenger , throughout England , as has been said above . He also , by command of the president , calls into the latter's presence , when he needs them , the sheriffs , who are dis- persed in all directions outside ...
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... means the same as 66 hidden " or 66 occult . " Now in the primitive state of the kingdom after the Con- quest those who were left of the Anglo - Saxon subjects secretly laid ambushes for the suspected and hated race of the Normans , and ...
... means the same as 66 hidden " or 66 occult . " Now in the primitive state of the kingdom after the Con- quest those who were left of the Anglo - Saxon subjects secretly laid ambushes for the suspected and hated race of the Normans , and ...
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... means do with impunity , unless the consent of the king or of the chief forester has first been gained . Nay , those who have their domicile in the forest may not take from their own woods what they want for the necessary uses of their ...
... means do with impunity , unless the consent of the king or of the chief forester has first been gained . Nay , those who have their domicile in the forest may not take from their own woods what they want for the necessary uses of their ...
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