The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... prisoner , together with four noblemen who endeavoured to rescue him . DEATH OF RICHARD CŒUR DE LION . Richard Cœur de Lion , having invested the castle of Chalus , was shot in the shoulder with an arrow ; Ber- an unskilful surgeon ...
... prisoner , together with four noblemen who endeavoured to rescue him . DEATH OF RICHARD CŒUR DE LION . Richard Cœur de Lion , having invested the castle of Chalus , was shot in the shoulder with an arrow ; Ber- an unskilful surgeon ...
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... prisoner to be presented with one hun- dred shillings , and set at liberty ; but Maccardec , one of the king's friends , like a true ruffian , ordered him to be flayed alive . EUSTACHE DE RIBAUMONT . When Edward III . took Calais from ...
... prisoner to be presented with one hun- dred shillings , and set at liberty ; but Maccardec , one of the king's friends , like a true ruffian , ordered him to be flayed alive . EUSTACHE DE RIBAUMONT . When Edward III . took Calais from ...
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... prisoner by a sovereign . Edward con- ducted him to the castle of Calais , when he thus addressed him . " Ribaumont Eustache , of all the knights in the world that I have seen , you best know how to attack your enemy , and to defend ...
... prisoner by a sovereign . Edward con- ducted him to the castle of Calais , when he thus addressed him . " Ribaumont Eustache , of all the knights in the world that I have seen , you best know how to attack your enemy , and to defend ...
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... prisoners . " THE FIRST OF THE COUPLANDS . At the battle of Nevil's Cross , when the Scottish army was defeated at every point , King David dis- dained to flee or surrender ; and his nobles , forming a circle for his protection ...
... prisoners . " THE FIRST OF THE COUPLANDS . At the battle of Nevil's Cross , when the Scottish army was defeated at every point , King David dis- dained to flee or surrender ; and his nobles , forming a circle for his protection ...
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... prisoner . In that situation she kept him seven years , and then only released him on very hard conditions . GONSALVO OF CORDOVA . In an engagement which the Spaniards fought under Gonsalvo of Cordova , their powder - magazine was blown ...
... prisoner . In that situation she kept him seven years , and then only released him on very hard conditions . GONSALVO OF CORDOVA . In an engagement which the Spaniards fought under Gonsalvo of Cordova , their powder - magazine was blown ...
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