Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Bind 13 |
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Side 10
... Duke of Anjou , who had gone to Poland several months before to assume the crown of that country , which had been ... Duke of Anjou , the leader of the Catholic armies , and the conqueror of the Huguenots . Between him and his brother ...
... Duke of Anjou , who had gone to Poland several months before to assume the crown of that country , which had been ... Duke of Anjou , the leader of the Catholic armies , and the conqueror of the Huguenots . Between him and his brother ...
Side 11
... Duke of Guise ; his brothers , the Duke of Mayenne and the Cardinal of Guise ; and his cousins , the Duc d'Aumale and the Marquis d'Elbeuf . They were soon joined by other Catholics of influence , and the party became powerful . The ...
... Duke of Guise ; his brothers , the Duke of Mayenne and the Cardinal of Guise ; and his cousins , the Duc d'Aumale and the Marquis d'Elbeuf . They were soon joined by other Catholics of influence , and the party became powerful . The ...
Side 13
... Duke of Guise , a man of bold and enterprising views . Urged by some of his friends to begin a movement in France during the absence of Monsieur in the Netherlands , ' No , no , ' replied the duke ; ' I will do nothing openly so long as ...
... Duke of Guise , a man of bold and enterprising views . Urged by some of his friends to begin a movement in France during the absence of Monsieur in the Netherlands , ' No , no , ' replied the duke ; ' I will do nothing openly so long as ...
Side 14
... Duke of Guise , he had felt himself compelled by his mother and the Guises , in whose hands he was a mere puppet , to consent to an edict by which all the Huguenots were required either to go to mass , or to leave the kingdom within six ...
... Duke of Guise , he had felt himself compelled by his mother and the Guises , in whose hands he was a mere puppet , to consent to an edict by which all the Huguenots were required either to go to mass , or to leave the kingdom within six ...
Side 15
... Duke de Nevers , who taunted him with the small authority he possessed over his party , saying that he could not even lay a tax on Rochelle if he wanted money - Monsieur , ' he said , ' I can do what I please at Rochelle , because I ...
... Duke de Nevers , who taunted him with the small authority he possessed over his party , saying that he could not even lay a tax on Rochelle if he wanted money - Monsieur , ' he said , ' I can do what I please at Rochelle , because I ...
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Side 21 - Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies now — upon them with the lance! A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Side 5 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Side 22 - D'Aumale hath cried for quarter. The Flemish count is slain. Their ranks are breaking like thin clouds before a Biscay gale ; The field is heaped with bleeding steeds, and flags, and cloven mail. And then we thought on vengeance, and, all along our van, " Remember St. Bartholomew," was passed from man to man. But out spake gentle Henry, " No Frenchman is my foe : Down, down, with every foreigner, but let your brethren go.
Side 29 - ... grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town We were a comely sight to see : My Love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysell in cramasie. But had I wist, before I kist...
Side 5 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Side 2 - Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet, as sweet flows Tweed, As green its grass, its gowan as yellow, As sweet smells on its braes the birk, The apple frae the rock as mellow.
Side 22 - Full fifteen stane o' Spanish iron, They hae laid a' right sair on me ; Wi' locks and keys I am fast bound Into this dungeon dark and dreirie.
Side 4 - Wi ae lock o his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. "Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sail ken where he is gane; Oer his white banes when they are bare, The wind sail blaw for evermair.
Side 1 - Lang maun she weep, lang maun she, maun she weep, Lang maun she weep with dule and sorrow, And lang maun I nae mair weil be seen Pu'ing the birks on the Braes of Yarrow.