A Booke of the Foundacion and Antiquitye of the Towne of Greate Yermouthe: from the Original Manuscript Written in the Time of Queen Elizabeth: With Notes and an Appendix

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Página 134 - They that go down to the sea in ships, and do business in great waters, These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Página 7 - Norft. and SufFolke did resorte thither, and did pitche Tabernacles and Boothes for the enterteynenge of such Seafaringe men and Fishermen and Merchaunts as wold resorte unto that place, eyther to sell their Herringes, fish, and other comodoties...
Página 53 - of Lancaster, EDMUND OF LANGLEY Duke of York, j HENRY, surnamed BOLINGBROKE, Duke of Hereford, son to John of Gaunt ; afterwards KING HENRY IV.
Página 7 - Merchandizes, which were conveyed to diverse partes and places aswell in the Countye of Norfolke as in the Countye of Suffolke, by reason that all the wholle levell of the marshes and fennes which now are betwixte the Towne of Yermouthe and the Citie of Norwiche, were then all an arme of the Sea, entering within the Lande by the mouthe of the Hierus. And this was about the yeare of oure Savior M and XL«
Página 5 - The verye seate of that Towne, that ys to saye, the place and grounde whereuppon the Towne is buylded, and nowe dothe stand, was percell of a greate sande lyinge within the mayne sea...
Página 62 - Prayng you to speke wyth the Pryore, or comaundyng me unto hym. And that ye lyke to move hym to make me payment as his dewtee ys, so as y have no cause to gowe further, and to do as justice requyreth.
Página 93 - ... uses, did not wage direct war against bells. Yet in the general depredation then committed upon churches, the tower was frequently rifled of its contents. The good people of Yarmouth petitioned the Parliament in 1650 "to be pleased to grant them a part of the lead and other useful materials of that vast and altogether useless cathedral in Norwich, towards the building of a workhouse to employ their almost starved poor, and repairing their piers.
Página 101 - Marrie, said they, ye shall have them, " or we throwe them into the bottome of the sea. But the captains " said forthwith that they would serve Queen Mary willingly, and " so brought forth their men, and conveyed with them the great
Página 132 - ... been sufficient for themselves, whereby they have been greatly hindered and impoverished, that they cannot maintain themselves, nor such charity as they have been accustomed to do; it is provided, that none shall come to eat or lodge in any house of religion, or any other's foundation than of his own, at the costs of the house, unless he be required by the governor of the house before his coming...

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