 Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. I cannot, and I may not tell of all the wounds and all the tortures that they inflicted upon the wretched men of this land ; and this state of things lasted the nineteen years that Stephen was king, and ever...  Publications - Page 224by Irish archaeological and Celtic society - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Popular educator - 1884 - 900 pages
...throat and neck, so that ho might noways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. I cannot...lasted the nineteen years that Stephen was king, and over grow worse and worse. They were continually levying an exaction from the towns, which they called... | |
 | Marshall John and co - 1884 - 178 pages
...deep, and that had sharp stones within, so that they broke all their limbs. An old writer says : " I cannot and I may not tell of all the wounds and tortures that were then inflicted upon the wretched people of this land." Ashes of burnt towns and... | |
 | Hannis Taylor - Constitutional history - 1889 - 642 pages
...finished they filled them with devils and evil men. . . . Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. . . . And this state of things lasted the nineteen years that Stephen was king, and ever grew worse and Barons ex- worse." The land thus lay helpless for a time in the hands erei^iS°v of tne barons, who... | |
 | William Stubbs - 1891 - 720 pages
...silver. and tortured them with pains unspeakable. . . . Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. . . . And this state of things lasted the nineteen years...They were continually levying an exaction from The nniaw. the towns, which they called tenserie, and, when the miserable inhabitants had no more to give,... | |
 | Montague John Guest - Great Britain - 1894 - 656 pages
...tortures that were invented to force these innocent prisoners to give up their goods. After that he adds, "Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. I cannot...that Stephen was king, and ever grew worse and worse. . . . Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land ; wretched... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - England - 1897 - 506 pages
...women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable. Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. I cannot and I may not tell of all the wounds and of all the tortures that they inflicted upon the wretched men of this land, . . . and this state of... | |
 | Charles William Colby - Great Britain - 1899 - 398 pages
...sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. I cannot and 1 may not tell of all the wounds and all the tortures...that Stephen was king, and ever grew worse and worse. 22. THE FIKST NORMAN INVASION OF IRELAND (1169). Giraldus de Barri was born in Pembrokeshire shortly... | |
 | Charles William Colby - Great Britain - 1899 - 378 pages
...sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. I cannot and 1 may not tell of all the wounds and all the tortures...that Stephen was king, and ever grew worse and worse. 22. THE FIBST NOBMAN INVASION OF IBELAND (1169). Giraldus de Barri was born in Pembrokeshire shortly... | |
 | Charles Augustus Hanna - Scots-Irish - 1902 - 648 pages
...throat and neck, so that he might noways sit, nor lie, nor sleep, but that he must bear all the iron. Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. I cannot...the tortures that they inflicted upon the wretched of this land ; and this state of things lasted the nineteen years that Stephen was king, and ever grew... | |
 | William Stubbs - Constitutional history - 1903 - 718 pages
...silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable. . . . Many thousands they exhausted with hunger. . . . And this state of things lasted the nineteen years...They were continually levying an exaction from The uniaw. the towns, which they called tenserie, and, when the miserable inhabitants hsd no more to give,... | |
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