This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1584 Excerpt: ...all Europe. But remitting the discouering and blazing of their cankered minds towards the honour and fame of the Brytaines, Girald. Cam. Hol.pag. 456. Brytaines, to such as can better paint them in their colours, I will returne to my matter. King Henrie the elder forsooke bis wife for certeine considerations, and kept ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1584 Excerpt: ...all Europe. But remitting the discouering and blazing of their cankered minds towards the honour and fame of the Brytaines, Girald. Cam. Hol.pag. 456. Brytaines, to such as can better paint them in their colours, I will returne to my matter. King Henrie the elder forsooke bis wife for certeine considerations, and kept hir in prison manie yeres. And about this time, Ranulph de Poer with a great number of Gentlemen, was slaine by certeine yoong men of Gwent land, in reuenge of their lords death. Girald. Cam. f-J-f This Ranulph de Poer, was Shirife of Glocestershire, or (as Giraldus noteth) of Herefordshire, whose death the same author seemeth to impute vnto himsclfe iM.pa.460. for his cruell and unreasonable dealing against the Welshmen. But the king tooke the same verie grecuouslie, who being sore incensed against them, assembled a mightie armie, and came with the same vnto Worcester, meaning to inuade the enimies countries. But the Lord Rees ap Gruffyth, fearing the kings puissance thus bent against him and his countrimen, came by safe conduct vnto Worcester, where submitting himselfe, he sware fealtie to the king, and became his liegeman, promising to bring his sonne and nephues vnto him for pledges. But when according to his promise he would haue brought them, they (remembring how the other pledges before were vsed) refused to go with him, and so the matter rested for that time. And the yeare 1183. Henrie duke of Saxonie being banished his countrie, came to king Henrie his father in law to Normandie. Also this yeare Henrie the yoong king died, and was buried at Roane. The yeare ensuing, the duke of Saxonie came into England, and his wife was brought to bed of a sonne which was named William. About this time William de Mandeuile Earle of Essex went to Flan...
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