 your grace, that were not for mine ease : they are " most of them my retainers, that are come to do " me service at such a time as this, and chiefly to " see your grace." The king started a little, and said, " By my faith, my lord, I thank you for my...  Writings historical. Letters - Page 168by Francis Bacon - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Francis Armstrong Power - Bible - 1879 - 668 pages
...honour to him (the king). The king exclaimed, "My Lord, I thank you for your good cheer. But I must not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you." The earl was fined fifteen thousand marks. A mark is equal to two-thirds of one pound sterling, that... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1286 pages
...grace.' The king started a little, and said : ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my...of the report, that the earl compounded for no less that fifteen thousand marks." How the no! les were ground in what Bacon calls " Empson's and Dudley's... | |
 | Louise Creighton - Great Britain - 1881 - 408 pages
...were his retainers who had come to see the King, Henry said, " My lord, I thank you for my good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight ; my attorney must speak with you." The Earl had to pay a fine of more than £10,000 for this offence. Perkin Warbeck, 1492-1499.— But... | |
 | David Morris (B.A.) - 1882 - 306 pages
...him with honour. When leaving, the King said to the Earl, " I thank you for your good cheer, my lord, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you." So the Earl was heavily fined. How Henry sought to strengthen his house in other ways shall be told... | |
 | William Hickman S. Aubrey - 1878 - 734 pages
...of a visit from the king. Henry expressed hu thanks for the good cheer he had received, but added, "I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight; my Attorney mnst speak with you;" which words were the prelnde to a fine of fifteen thousand marks. Tradition has... | |
 | Edward Moulton Lancaster - Great Britain - 1877 - 354 pages
...grace.' The king started a little and said : ' By my faith, my lord, 1 thank you for your good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My at. torney must speak with you.' And it is |iart of the report, that the earl com pounded for no less... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 238 pages
...grace.' The king started a little and said, ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for my good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight; my 9 attorney must speak with you.' And it was part of the report that the earl 10 compounded for no less... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...grace." The king started a little, and said, " By my faith, my lord, I thank you for my good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my...compounded for no less than fifteen thousand marks. And to show farther the king's extreme diligence, I do remember to have seen long since a book of accompt... | |
 | Marshall John and co - 1884 - 266 pages
...honour." On this the king started, and said, " I thank you, my lord, for your good cheer, but I cannot have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you." The result was that Oxford had to pay a fine of £10,000 for his loyalty. But while Henry was amassing... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - Great Britain - 1885 - 108 pages
...his retainers who had come to see the king, Henry said : ' My lord, I thank you for my good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight ; my attorney must speak with you.' It is said that the earl had to pay more than io,ooo/. for this offence. g. In this way the king became... | |
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