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... gentlemen , and the bishops , wanted to change their old laws , or to make new ones ; but the Saxon people said it was not right or fair to make laws for them without telling them first what they were to be ; so when the king wanted to ...
... gentlemen , and the bishops , wanted to change their old laws , or to make new ones ; but the Saxon people said it was not right or fair to make laws for them without telling them first what they were to be ; so when the king wanted to ...
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... gentlemen whom they knew , and made them promise to go with them to the wars , and bring their servants , in the same manner as the great barons themselves did to the king . Now these lands were called feods , and the king was called ...
... gentlemen whom they knew , and made them promise to go with them to the wars , and bring their servants , in the same manner as the great barons themselves did to the king . Now these lands were called feods , and the king was called ...
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... gentleman , seeing a fine deer run by , wished to show the king how well he could shoot ; but I suppose he was a little too eager , and his arrow , instead of going straight to the deer , touched a tree , which turned it aside , and it ...
... gentleman , seeing a fine deer run by , wished to show the king how well he could shoot ; but I suppose he was a little too eager , and his arrow , instead of going straight to the deer , touched a tree , which turned it aside , and it ...
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... gentleman , named Geoffrey , who was Count or Earl of Anjou ; and she had three sons , after which Count Geoffrey died . Now I told you King Henry Beauclerc was very fond of his daughter . Her eldest son was named Henry , after him ...
... gentleman , named Geoffrey , who was Count or Earl of Anjou ; and she had three sons , after which Count Geoffrey died . Now I told you King Henry Beauclerc was very fond of his daughter . Her eldest son was named Henry , after him ...
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... teach the hawks , and the man who taught them and took care of them was called a Falconer , because the best kind of hawk is the falcon . When the ladies and gentlemen went hawking , the birds 54 CHAP . XVIII . HENRY II .
... teach the hawks , and the man who taught them and took care of them was called a Falconer , because the best kind of hawk is the falcon . When the ladies and gentlemen went hawking , the birds 54 CHAP . XVIII . HENRY II .
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