 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,...  The works of Francis Bacon - Page 65by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | 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.,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 556 pages
...of procuration, and, in the presence of certain noble personages, men and women, put his leg, Btript naked to the knee, between the espousal sheets ; to the end, that the ceremony might be thought to amount to a consummation." — Kennetfs Complete History, vol. i.,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1858 - 812 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...property was to leave things then when they were almost comen to perfection, and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows... | |
 | American periodicals - 1857 - 850 pages
...Bedded ; and after shee vw loyd, then came in Maximilian's Ambassador with Letters of Procuration, and in the presence of sundry Noble Personages, men and women, put his Legge (strip! naked to the knee) betweene the Espousale Sheets, to the end that that Cérémonie might... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1857 - 652 pages
...Bedded ; and after shee was layd, then came in Maximilian's Ambassador with Letters of Procuration, and in the presence of sundry Noble Personages, men and women, put his Legge (stript naked to the knee) betweene the Espousall Sheets, to the end that that Ceremonie might... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 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...property was to leave things then when they were almost comen to perfection, and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 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...property was to leave things then when they were almost comen to perfection, and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 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...This done, Maximilian, whose property was to leave thing! then when they were almost come to perfection, 2F rtnd to end them by Imagination ; like ill... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1867 - 624 pages
...; 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, stripped naked to the knee, between the espousal-sheets, to the end that the ceremony might amount... | |
 | England - 1871 - 836 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 women, put his leg, stripped naked to the knee, between the espousal sheets ; to the end that that ceremony might be thought... | |
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