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Page 135 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 217 - The next day, after having been pillaged, and extremely sick and big with child, I was set on shore, almost dead, in the island of Scilly ; when we had got to our quarters near the castle, where the prince lay, I went immediately to bed, which was so vile, that my footman ever lay in a better, and we had but three in the whole house, which consisted of four rooms, or rather partitions, two low rooms, and two little lofts, with a ladder to go up : in one of these they kept...
Page 217 - ... consisted of four rooms, or rather partitions, two low rooms and two little lofts, with a ladder to go up : in one of these they kept dried fish, which was his trade, and in this my husband's two clerks lay, one there was for my sister, and one for myself, and one amongst the rest of the servants. But, when I waked in the morning, I was so cold I knew not what to do, but the daylight discovered that my bed was near swimming with the sea, which the owner told us afterwards it never did so but...
Page 34 - Infinite of sky and sea, and upon that distance brooding over dim space, which is in itself sublime, like the Spirit of God, moving upon the face of the waters.
Page 217 - ... in one of these they kept dried fish, which was his trade, and in this my husband's two clerks lay, one there was for my sister, and one for myself, and one amongst the rest of the servants. But, when I waked in the morning, I was so cold I knew not what to do, but the daylight discovered that my bed was near swimming with the sea, which the owner told us afterwards it never did so but at spring tide.
Page 8 - Lisboa's court they told their dread escape, And from her raging tempests, named the Cape. Thou southmost Point, the joyful king exclaimed, Cape of Good Hope be thou for ever named.
Page 211 - When any one is attainted of any felony, he ought to be taken to a certain rock in the sea, and with two barley loaves, and one pitcher of water upon the same rock, they leave the same felon, until, by the flowing of the sea, he is swallowed up...
Page 13 - ... Arthur's reign was drawing to a close. Treason had thinned the ranks of the once united and famous knights of the Round Table. It is true that Sir Kaye, the seneschal, remained true, and Sir Ector de Maris, and Sir Caradoc, and Sir Tristram, and Sir Lancelot of the Lake, of whom it was said that ' he was the kindest man that ever struck with sword ; and he was the goodliest person that ever rode among the throng of knights ; and he was the meekest man, and the gentlest, that did ever eat in hall...
Page 210 - Town, at the foot of the hill, leading to the Garrison. Within the memory of man there was standing a doorway, with a fine pointed arch, and some windows, whose copings and mullions were of carved stone. My informant told me that she lived in it, and that her father remembered it as an
Page 85 - ... grounds, it is impossible to say. When the tide is out, says Troutbeck, a man may walk from St. Mary's to St. Martin's, and from thence to Tresco. Ruins of houses, as well as the remains of hedges, are frequently discovered beneath the sand, many feet below water mark. In the middle of Crow sound, a fine regular pavement of large flat stones is seen, about eight feet under low water, at spring tides.