 ... in robes embroidered with gold, which they had received out of the royal wardrobe. At the end of this ceremony, two fwans, adorned with trappings and bells of gold, were brought with great pomp into the church ; and the king took a folemn oath, by...  The History of Great Britain - Page 113by Robert Henry - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Robert Henry - 1800 - 388 pages
...the high altar, and knighted about threeimndred young noblemen and gentlemen, who were all dreffed in robes embroidered with gold, which they had received...return till he had avenged the death of John Comyn, and punifhcd the rebellious Scots. The prince, and the young knights, his companions, took oaths to the... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1800 - 392 pages
...the high altar, and knighted about three hundred young noblemen and gentlemen, who were all dreffed in robes embroidered with gold, which they had received...pomp into the church ; and the king took a folemn oftth, by the God of heaven, and by thefe fwans, that he would march into Scotland, and never return... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1805 - 396 pages
...the high altar, and knighted about three hundred young noblemen and gentlemen, who were all drefled in robes embroidered with gold, which they had received...were brought with great pomp into the church ; and -he king took a folemn oath, by the God of heaven, and by thefe fwans, that he would march into Scotland,... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1814 - 396 pages
...the high altar, and knighted about three hundred young noblemen and gentlemen, who were all drefled in robes embroidered with gold, which they had received...would march into Scotland, and never return till he hadavenged the death of John Comyn, and punifhed the rebellious Scots. The Prince, and the young knights,... | |
 | George Miller - 1820 - 624 pages
...peut venir. (*') When Edward I. had conferred the honour of knighthood upon his eldest son, two swans, adorned with trappings and bells of gold, were brought...with great pomp into the church ; and the king took a solemn oath by the God of Heaven, and by these swans, that he would march into Scotland, and never... | |
 | Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 494 pages
...great pomp into the church, and the king took a solemn oath, by the God of heaven and by these swans, that he would march into Scotland, and never return, till he had punished the rebels and avenged the death of John Comyn.* F. — This is one of those strange combinations... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1829 - 452 pages
...two live swans, adorned with bells of gold, to be brought in. By these swans he took a solemn oath, that he would march into Scotland, and never return till he had brought it into entire subjection. And he kept his vow ; but not in the way he had intended, for he... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1834 - 414 pages
...Walter Scott in his Tales of a Grandfather. Edward's next and last expedition began with a solemn oath, that he would march into Scotland, and never return till he had brought it into entire subjection. And he kept his vow ; but not in the way he had intended, for he... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 pages
...great pomp into the church, and the king took a solemn oath, by the God of heaven and by these swans, that he would march into Scotland, and never return till he had punished the rebels, and avenged the death of John Comyn."* Giving the command of the army to the Prince... | |
 | 1848 - 278 pages
...drove the English forces out of the country, and was crowned king. Edward, inflamed with rage, swore that he would march into Scotland, and never return till he had subdued it. He kept his oath, for he never returned. After a series of fruitless attempts against Bruce... | |
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