It was a most melancholy business; for all ranks, ages and sexes cast themselves on their knees before the prince, begging for mercy; but he was so inflamed with passion and revenge that he listened to none, but all were put to the sword, wherever they... Life of Edward the Black Prince - Σελίδα 176των Louise Creighton - 1876 - 235 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Jean Froissart - 1805 - 412 σελίδες
...to their orders. It was a moft melancholy bufinefs ; for all ranks, ages and fexes caft themfelves on their knees before the prince, begging for mercy ; but he was fo inflamed with paffion and revenge that he liftened to none, but all were put to the fword, wherever... | |
| Jean Froissart - 1901 - 452 σελίδες
...entered the town. Then were to be seen pillagers active in mischief. It was a melancholy business ; all ranks, ages, and sexes cast themselves on their knees before the prince for mercy ; but he was so inflamed with passion and revenge, that he listened to none of them : all... | |
| Jean Froissart - 1808 - 430 σελίδες
...according to their orders. It was a moft melancholy bufinefs; for all ranks, ages and fexes caft themfelves on their knees before the prince, begging for mercy; but he was fo inflamed with pafiion and revenge that he liftened to none, but all were put to the fword, wherever... | |
| Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 586 σελίδες
...retreat, on account of a sudden thaw ; the troops underwent considerable fatigue. What was the consefore the prince, begging for mercy ; but he was so inflamed...were put to the sword, wherever they could be found, even those who were not guilty : for I know not why the poor were not spared, who could not have had... | |
| Jean Froissart - 1839 - 830 σελίδες
...town, slaying men, women and children, according to their orders. It was a most melancholy business; for all ranks, ages and sexes cast themselves on their...were put to the sword, wherever they could be found, even those who were not guilty : for I know not why the poor were not spared, who could not have had... | |
| Jean Froissart - 1839 - 830 σελίδες
...town, slaying men, women and children, according to their orders. It was a most melancholy business ; for all ranks, ages and sexes cast themselves on their...prince, begging for mercy ; but he was so inflamed 454 with passion and revenge that he listened to none, but all were put to the sword, whernet they... | |
| Jean Froissart - 1839 - 830 σελίδες
...of France, seven leagues from Paris, t " St. Yrier," — a village in Limousin, election of Tulle*. with passion and revenge that he listened to none,...were put to the sword, wherever they could be found, even those who were not guilty : for I know not why the poor were not spared, who could not have had... | |
| Jean Froissart - 1841 - 232 σελίδες
...town, slaying men, women, and children, according to their orders. It was a most melancholy business; for all ranks, ages, and sexes, cast themselves on...were put to the sword, wherever they could be found. There was not that day in the city of Limoges any heart so hardened, or that had any sense of religion,... | |
| Adam Murimuth - 1846 - 284 σελίδες
...by the Black Prince, see Froissart's perhaps over-coloured narrative, Johnes' Ed. II. p. 67 :— ' All ranks, ages, and sexes cast themselves on their...begging for mercy; but he was so inflamed with passion that he listened to none — all were put to the sword. — GOD have mercy on their souls, for they... | |
| Adam Murimuth - 1846 - 282 σελίδες
...narrative, Jolines' Ed. II. p. 67 : — ' All ranks, ages, and sexes cast themselves on their kuees before the prince, begging for mercy; but he was so inflamed with passion that he listened to none — all were put to the sword. — GOD have mercy on their souls, for they... | |
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