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Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 174
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...Gray's Inn, and Sir German Poole, who, assaulting the other upon advantage, hurt him in three or four places, and cut off three of his fingers, before he could draw his weapon. Whereupon, enraged, he flew upon him, and getting him down, he hit off a good piece of his nose, and carried it away in his pocket. I had almost forgotten one accident at the last wedding, which was not then much noted, but is since much spoken of. Lyon, the Scottish king of heralds, being expressly sent for, had a rich coat of arms provided here, with the arms of Scotland before those of England, and wore it, as he said, by commandment, which is not much inquired into; but, howsoever, it is thought a strange affront, offered at such a time, in such a place, to such a people. 1 Sir Arthur Chichester, made lord deputy in February, 1604. 2 Wife of Sir Henry, eldest son of Lord Abergavenny. 3 Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Tracey of Lodington. and wife of Sir Edward Conway, governor of the Brill. afterwards secretary of state and Lord Conway. 4 Printed before " The Genuine Remains of Sir Thomas Bodley," published by Mr. Thomas Hearne, in 1703. John Chamberlain, Esq., to Sir Dudley Carleton. London, March 11, 1612-13. On Saturday last, I was with Sir Henry Saville, and found his lady had been very sick, and not without danger; but, in the opinion of the physicians and everybody else, saving herself, she was on the mending hand; and truly, by her voice and hearty manner of speaking, I could not judge otherwise, but still she told me she should never see Eton more. The day before, the Lord Lisle, not knowing of her sickness, invited himself thither to dinner; and, bringing his son with him, made a tender of him to Sir Harry for his daughter. But he told...