Excerpt from The Political Register, and List of New Publications, for 1772, Vol. 10 Matthew Paris has not mentioned; and thefe he has accom panied with fome circumftances, which We (hall wife by un noticed, be'caufe more frequent inflances 'of them occur in the following centuries, than the enerality will be inclined to believe; though we {hall be obijged to mention the molt 'remarkable of them, as they were always, if not the true caufe, yet at leaft the pretence and forerunners of the molt fevere punilhments infl ...
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Excerpt from The Political Register, and List of New Publications, for 1772, Vol. 10 Matthew Paris has not mentioned; and thefe he has accom panied with fome circumftances, which We (hall wife by un noticed, be'caufe more frequent inflances 'of them occur in the following centuries, than the enerality will be inclined to believe; though we {hall be obijged to mention the molt 'remarkable of them, as they were always, if not the true caufe, yet at leaft the pretence and forerunners of the molt fevere punilhments inflicted on that unhappy nation. We pals on.therefore to King John, whofe reign was (0 troubles! With inteftine feuds, that he was forced to maintain himfelf by the hardefi exactions'; the heaviell of which fell of courfe on than? In his dominions, whom he caufed to he'imprifoned, an put to molt violent tortures, ???when they refufed to pay fuch taxes as he laid on them and at length, we are told, he cohfifcatedall their effects, and banilhed them by a public edi???t. Matthew Paris mentions a taxation nna Jew. At Britta], of whom the king demanded ten thou fand marks; and who {offered his flelh to be torn ofl' his bones, and (even of his teeth to be drawn out, one each day, till 'he complied; but paid the (um, rather than left: the eighth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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