 ... Edward the Confessor, riding that way, alighted out of devotion to be present at the consecration. During the procession, a fair old man came to the King and begged alms of him in the name of God and St. John the Evangelist. The King having nothing...  The Golden Legend: Or, Lives of the Saints - Page 27by Jacobus (de Voragine) - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Wright - Architecture - 1834 - 214 pages
...an alms, in the name of God and St. John the evangelist. The king, having nothing else to give, took the ring from his finger, and gave it to the poor man. Some years afterwards, two English pilgrims having lost their way, as they were travelling in the Holy... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 684 pages
...St. John the Evangelist. The King, having nothing else to give, as his almoner was not at hand, took the ring from his finger, and gave it to the poor man. Some years after this, two English pilgrims were travelling in the Holy Land, and had lost their way,... | |
 | Duffield William Coller - Essex (England) - 1861 - 660 pages
...St John the Evangelist. The King having nothing else to give, as his almoner was not at hand, took the ring from his finger, and gave it to the poor man. Some years after two English pilgrims, having lost their way as they were travelling to the Holy Land,... | |
 | A. D. Bayne - Cambridgeshire (England) - 1873 - 650 pages
...St. John the Evangelist. The King having nothing else to give, as his almoner was not at hand, took the ring from his finger and gave it to the poor man. Some years after two English pilgrims, having lost their way as they were travelling to the Holy Land,... | |
 | Numismatics - 1914 - 526 pages
...old man begged an alms from him in honour of God and St. John. The king having nothing ready to give took off the ring from his finger and gave it to the poor man, who thanked him and departed. Some time after two English i Exchequer Accounts KB Bundle 294, No. 28.... | |
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