Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de Picardie, Volume 4

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Imprimerie Lemer aîné., 1878
 

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Página 5 - Are now confined two mighty monarchies, Whose high upreared and abutting fronts The perilous narrow ocean parts asunder : Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Página 104 - Barry, nebulee of six, argent and azure: on a Chief gules, a Lion passant gardant, or, supported by two Rams. Crest, on a wreath, a Ram argent, armed and unguled. Motto—" God be our friend." The ancient insignia of Calais, in 1346, when taken by the English, were— Vert, on a Chief argent, a Star sable. Which, though contrary to the laws of heraldry, in thus charging metal upon metal, I believe to be substantially correct. Vert, charged with the Sword of Conquest, pummel and hilt, or; on a Chief...
Página 131 - ... from the ramparts at Ardres, about the same time that the English King crossed the drawbridge at Guisnes, the departure being concerted by signal-gun, fired from the batteries of each town. After proceeding considerably more than half-way between the two pales, the head of the English cortege encountered the van of the F/rench party, when the front ranks of each wheeling to the right and left, Henry and Francis confronted each other. They mutually, and, at the same instant, raised their bonnets...
Página 7 - ... from their own, nor access to other countries, at least none so easy, so short, and so secure ; so much so, that if they were deprived of it, they would not only be shut out from the continent, but also from the commerce and intercourse of the world. They would consequently lose what is essentially necessary for the existence of a country, and become dependent upon the will and pleasure of other sovereigns, in availing themselves of their ports, besides having to encounter a more distant, more...
Página 123 - On either side of the gate were two large transom bay windows, separated from each other by a square freestone tower, which was carried up above the battlements of the parapet, and terminated by a large projecting moulded cornice.
Página 199 - Hamilton, on returning home after his first interview with Nelson, told Lady Hamilton that he was about to introduce to her a little man who could not boast of being very handsome, but who would become the greatest man that ever England produced. " I know it," he said, " from the very few words of conversation I have already had with him.
Página 205 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton ; take care of poor Lady Hamilton!" concluding by "thanking God that he had done his duty" The codicil proved waste paper; the last imploring accents of the victor of Trafalgar, passed into the wintry air; and Lady Hamilton, utterly bereft and uprovided for, knew not where to look for shelter or a friend. The booming minute-guns and muffled bells of the Abbey and St. Paul's, announced to the lone woman that the remains of the sailor hero were being consigned to...
Página 8 - ... join either the one or the other, as they please, and to add their strength to him with whom they are at amity, in prejudice of an enemy. For these reasons therefore it is not to be wondered at, that, besides the inhabitants of the place, who are esteemed men of most unshaken fidelity, being the descendants of an English colony settled there shortly after the first conquest, it should also be guarded by one of the most trusty barons which the king has, bearing the title of Deputy, with a force...
Página 8 - Quisnes is also reckoned impregnable, situated about three miles more inland, on the French frontier, and guarded with the same degree of care, though, being a smaller place, only by a hundred and fifty men, under a chief governor. The same is done with regard to a third place, called Hammes, situated between the two former, and thought to be of equal importance, the waters which inundate the country being collected around.
Página 108 - Rois d'Angleterre faisoient de Calais leur revenu le plus fort, les marchands y étoient attirés de toute part ; et il nous reste un monument du grand commerce qui s'y fasoit dans cet ancien et superbe bâtiment que nous appelions la Cour de Guise; c'étoit la bourse des marchands et le lieu de l'estappe pour les laines, dont la manifique structure et la vaste étendue nous font voir ce que pouvoient les marchands de Calais pendant que les Anglois y étoient les maîtres.

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