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" Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starved with hunger. Some lived on alms, who had been erewhile rich. Some fled the country. Never was there more misery, and never acted heathens worse... "
History of England from the death of 'Edward the confessor' to the death of John - Page 121
by James Davies (of Southport.) - 1874
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Abbrégé des derniers mouvemens d'Angleterre avec un raisonnement succinct ...

George Bate - Great Britain - 1651 - 284 pages
...mightest well go all a day's journey, and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and cheese and...butter ; for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alma who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land....
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The Popular Educator, Volumes 5-6; Volume 14

Geography - 1867 - 878 pages
...mights?; thou walk a whole day's journey, nor ever ahouldst thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. " Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starred witt hunger, some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich, some fled the country ; never was...
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The History of England, Volume 1

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 528 pages
...mightest go a whole day's journey and shouldest never find a man sitting [dwelling] in a town or land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some took to alms who were one time rich men ; some fled out of the land ; never yet...
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The History of England, Volume 1

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 518 pages
...mightest go a whole day's journey and shouldest never find a man sitting [dwelling] in a town or land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the laud. Wretched men died of hunger ; some took to alms who were one time rich men ; some fled out of...
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The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer [afterw.] The ...

1858 - 498 pages
...mightest thou walk a whole day's journey nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. " ' Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese...who had been erewhile rich ; some fled the country — never was there more misery, and never acted heathens worse than these. At length they spared neither...
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History of the conquest of England by the Normans, tr. by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry - 1847 - 492 pages
...thou walk a whole day's journey, nor even shouldest thou find a single soul in a town or its lands tilled. " Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...who had been erewhile rich; some fled the country; never was there more misery, and never acted heathens worse than these. At length they spared neither...
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History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: Its Causes, and ..., Volume 2

Augustin Thierry - Great Britain - 1847 - 494 pages
...thou walk a whole day's journey, nor even shouldest thou find a single soul in a town or its lands tilled. " Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...who had been erewhile rich; some fled the country; never was there more misery, and never acted heathens worse than these. At length they spared neither...
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The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Also the Anglo-Saxon ...

Saint Bede (the Venerable) - Great Britain - 1849 - 566 pages
...mightest thou walk a whole day's journey nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...who had been erewhile rich : some fled the country — never was there more misery, arid never acted heathens worse than these. At length they spared...
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Irish archaeological and Celtic society - Ireland - 1850 - 612 pages
...thou walk a whole day's journey, nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...who had been erewhile rich : some fled the country, — never was there more misery, and never acted Heathens worse than these. At length they spared neither...
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Macariae Excidium, Or, The Destruction of Cyprus: Being a Secret History of ...

Charles O'Kelly, John Cornelius O'Callaghan, Irish Archaeological Society - Genealogy - 1850 - 614 pages
...thou walk a whole day's journey, nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese,...who had been erewhile rich : some fled the country, — never was there more misery, and never acted Heathens worse than these. At length they spared neither...
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