 | Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 494 pagine
...once plucked up sufficient spirit to observe to the Peers, " My father was king; his father was also a king; I have worn the crown forty years, from my cradle,...to my fathers, how then can my right be disputed."" Queen Margaret, after the defeat at Northampton, having fled to the north, with admirable spirit, vigour,... | |
 | Henry Walter - 1830 - 648 pagine
...know," said he, " that my father was king ; and his father was also king. I have worn the crown nearly forty years, from my cradle. You have all sworn fealty...done the like to my fathers. How then can my right to be disputed !" Such an answer suited the plain, honest mind of king Henry. And it was a very sufficient... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 254 pagine
...was laid before Henry, whose reply was short and pithy — " My father was king ; his father was also king ; I have worn the crown forty years, from my...to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ? " The question of right was largely discussed in the house of lords, and various schemes were proposed... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1840 - 478 pagine
...captive in the power of his rival, replied in these words: — "My father was king; his father was also king ; I have worn the crown forty years from my cradle;...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my father and grandfather. How, then, can my right be disputed ?" 1 The king, notwithstanding, agreed... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1843 - 416 pagine
...forty years from crown.— ^ JJ (Bluetman, my cradle; you all have sworn fealty to me as your?-305-) sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers. How then can my right be disputed ? " He then commended himself to their loyalty, and bid them " seek and find, as much as in them was,... | |
 | Thomas Flanagan - 1847 - 996 pagine
...When Henry was informed of this proceeding, he replied, " My father was king ; his father was also king. I have worn the crown forty years from my cradle...to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ? " He concluded by recommending his interests to their loyalty. They ordered the judges to undertake... | |
 | John Lingard - 1848 - 378 pagine
...Henry, when the subject was first opened to him, replied: " My father was king; " his father was also king; I have worn the crown forty " years from my...the " like to my fathers. How then can my right be dis" puted t ?" In conclusion, he recommended his interests to their loyalty, and commanded them to... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1850 - 528 pagine
...manly, sensible, and just. His words to the Lords were :—" My father was king; his father was also king : I have worn the crown forty years from my cradle:...like to my fathers. How then can my right be disputed ? " The Lords who heard him hesitated; but it is to be remembered that the keenest partisans of the... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 530 pagine
...was laid before Henry, whose reply was short and pithy — " My father was king ; his father was also king ; I have worn the crown forty years, from my...to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ? " The question of right was largely discussed in the house of lords, and various schemes were proposed... | |
 | John Lingard - 1854 - 378 pagine
...Henry, when the subject was first opened to him, replied: " My father was king ; " his father was also king ; I have worn the crown forty " years from my...the " like to my fathers. How then can my right be dis" puted t ?" In conclusion, he recommended his interests to their loyalty, and commanded them to... | |
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My father was King; his father also was King; I myself have worn the crown forty years from my cradle ; you have all sworn fealty to me as your sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to mine. How then can my right be disputed... 
