| James Hall (of Walthamstow.) - Scotland - 1807 - 358 pages
...thank you — you promise it me then ?' " ' Certainly, sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. " The king...accomplished knight of my kingdom, will perform that for me, which4 I anj unable to do for myself.' " Soon afterwards, the valiant Robert Bruce, king of Scotland,... | |
| Mary Acworth Orr - Astronomy, Ancient - 1807 - 746 pages
...thank you — you promise it me then ?' " ' Certainly, sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. " The king said, ' Thanks be to God, for I shall now die in peac*, since I know that the most valiant and accomplished knight of my kingdom, will perform that... | |
| History - 1810 - 928 pages
...thaik you — you promise it me then ?' " ' Certainly, sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. " The king...accomplished knight of my kingdom, will perform that for roe, which I am unable to do for myself.' " Soon afterwards, the valiant Robert Bruce, king of Scotland,... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1810 - 960 pages
...promise it me theu r* " ' Certainly, sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his premise upon his knighthood. " The king said, ' Thanks be...that the most valiant and accomplished knight of my kiugdom, will perform that for me, which I am unable to Ho for myself.' "Soon afterwards, the valiant... | |
| Robert Roscoe - Otterburn, Battle of, 1388, in literature - 1813 - 156 pages
...thank you. — You promise it me then?' ' Certainly, Sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. " The king...for me, which I am unable to do for myself.' " Soon after, the valiant Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, departed this life, on the 7th of November, 1327.... | |
| Robert Roscoe - Otterburn, Battle of, 1388, in literature - 1813 - 128 pages
...thank you. — You promise it me then?' ' Certainly, Sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. " The king...for me, which I am unable to do for myself.' " Soon after, the valiant Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, departed this life, on the 7th of November, 1327.... | |
| Decoration and ornament - 1819 - 490 pages
...willingly,1 answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. " The king said, ' Thanks he to God ! for I shall now die in peace, since I know...for me, which I am unable to do for myself " Soon after, the valiant Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, departed this life, on the 7di of November, 1327.... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Curiosities and wonders - 1822 - 368 pages
...knight, I thank you; you promise it me then ?" " Certainly, sir, most willingly," answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. The king said, " Thanks be to God! for I shall die in peace, since I know that the most valiant and accomplished knight in my kingdom will perform... | |
| James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...Ff answered thu knijght; he then knighthood. gave his promise upon his The King paid, thanks bo lo God, for I shall now die in peace, since I know that the most valiant and accomplished knighl of my kingdom will perform that for me, which I am unable lo do for myself. Soon afterwards... | |
| Anecdotes - 1826 - 372 pages
...be to God! for I shall die in peace, since I know that the most valiant and accomplished knight in my kingdom will perform that for me, which I am unable to do for myself." Soon after, the valiant Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, departed this life on the 7th of November, 1337.... | |
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