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" For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated, as a bride, and solemnly bedded ; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and women, put his leg,... "
Writings historical. Letters - Page 67
by Francis Bacon - 1819
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...contracted, stated ˇis a brkle, and solemnly btddtd; and, after she was laid, Maximilian's ambassador put his leg, stript naked to the knee, between the espousal sheets. Bacon. j. To make partaker of the bed. There was a doubt ripped up, whether Arthur was baUid with his...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...bedded; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian'sambassadorwithletters of procuration,and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...come to perfection, and to end them by imagination; Hke ill archers, that draw not their arrows up to the head; and who might as easily have bedded the...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 5

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 624 pages
...bedded; and after she was laid,there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...amount to a consummation and actual knowledge. This done,Maximilian, whose property was to leave things then when they were almost come to perfection,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...bedded ; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...come to perfection, and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows up to the head ; and who might as easily have bedded...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1825 - 540 pages
...bedded ; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...come to perfection, and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows up to the head ; and who might as easily have bedded...
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The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as ...

George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1839 - 932 pages
...bedded : nnd after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador, with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and women, put his leŁ, stript naked to the knee, between the espousal sheets ; to the end that this ceremony might be...
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The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People ..., Volume 3

George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 638 pages
...immediate marriage with the young duchess, and Anne was induced to give her consent. But at the moment Maximilian, " whose property was to leave things then,...come to perfection, and to end them by imagination, like ill archers that draw not their arrows up to the head," feared to make the journey into Brittany...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...bedded ; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and to the incertain 2 F and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows up to the head ;...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...bedded.; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...that that ceremony might be thought to amount to a con summation and actual knowledge. This dono Maximilian, whose property was to leave things then when...
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Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 552 pages
...there came in Maximilian's ambassador, with letters of procuration, and, in the presence of certain noble personages, men and women, put his leg, stript...knee, between the espousal sheets ; to the end, that the ceremony might be thought to amount to a consummation." — Kennett's Complete History, vol. i.,...
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