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The thunderous shouts that acclaimed the prowess of the new Frankish leader were as warlike as those which ever greeted the hoisting of a Carolingian King on the shields of his lieges. Distant nations heard the threatening din and hastened to muster their forces for the fray. As yet only England was at war with the Emperor.
Here is this land running headlong to ruin, because every nobleman ay, every churl who owns a manor, if he dares must needs arm and saddle, and levy war on his own behalf, and harry and slay the king's lieges, if he have not garlic to his roast goose every time he chooses, and there your father did look at Godwin, once and for all; 'and shall I let my son follow the fashion, and do his best to leave the land open and weak for Norseman, or Dane, or Frenchman, or whoever else hopes next to mount the throne of a king who is too holy to leave an heir behind him?"
The State, crumbling on every side and almost abandoned, is a prey to any one who wishes to seize upon it; the more so, because your Majesty, having, by the late excess and by the wars previously made, endeavoured to force men's consciences, is now so destitute, not only of nobility and soldiery but of that which constitutes the strongest column of the throne, the love and good wishes of the lieges, that your Majesty resembles an ancient building propped up, day after, day, with piles, but which it will be impossible long to prevent from falling to the earth."
In earlier days they had been the haunt of robbers and assassins, the memory of whose crimes is preserved in the various edicts which the council of the city, and even the parliament of Scotland, had passed for dispersing their bands, and ensuring safety to the lieges, so near the precincts of the city.
Then the Chamberlains made proclamation crying, "Aman! Aman! Safety! Safety!" and offered up prayers for his victory and prosperity. And Sayf al-Muluk scattered gold and silver on the heads of the lieges one and all. And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say. When it was the Seven Hundred and Sixty-second Night,
She had spent a considerable portion of her life, as has been already observed, in serving the lieges in and about the place of her nativity to no purpose, as it appeared; at least, in so far as the getting of the husband was concerned, nothing had been effected.
"I do; she seems to be an object of general attention among the worthy lieges of the place." "Therein I conceive, sir, you have over-rated the sagacity of my townsmen. She has been lying where you now see her for many days, and not a syllable have I heard whispered against her character from mortal man, except myself."
It certainly was not a slender proof of the calm effrontery of the government thus to see Alva's proclamation charging it as a crime upon Orange that he had inveigled the lieges into revolt by a false assertion that the inquisition was about to be established, when letters from the Duke to Philip, and from Granvelle to Philip, dated upon nearly the same day, advised the immediate restoration of the inquisition as soon as an adequate number of executions had paved the way for the measure.
Territorial ownership became the fundamental characteristic of and warranty for independence and social importance. The offices, that is, the divers functions, military or civil, conferred by the king on his lieges, also ended by becoming hereditary. Having become established in fact, this heirship in lands and local powers was soon recognized by the law.
But come, let us see what the King writes to his friend, the Outlaw of Torn." Taking the parchment from the messenger, Norman of Torn read: Henry, by Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Aquitaine; to Norman of Torn: Since it has been called to our notice that you be harassing and plundering the persons and property of our faithful lieges!!!!!
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