 | 1851 - 180 pages
...return to the Tower. The Earl of Salisbury, if we are to credit Frossart, said to the insurgents — " Gentlemen, you are not properly dressed, nor in a fit condition for the king to talk with you." The people were indignant at this wanton insult, the more wanton as this poverty had been caused by... | |
 | Francis Davenant - Courage - 1866 - 454 pages
...prescribed for himself. The Earl of Salisbury advanced to the side, and answered for the king — " Gentlemen, you are not properly dressed nor in a fit condition for the king to talk with you." But Bichard added, " Send off some of your fellows in a boat, and I will hearken to what you have to... | |
 | Jean Froissart - France - 1879 - 498 pages
...down the river. " What do ye wish for?" demanded the king: "I am come hither to hear what you have to say." Those near him cried out with one voice,...to the Tower of London, from whence he had set out. When the people saw they could obtain nothing i»ore, they were inflamed with passion, and went back... | |
 | Jean Froissart - 1879 - 518 pages
...down the river. " What do ye wish for?" demanded the king: "I am come hither to hear what you have to say." Those near him cried out with one voice,...to the Tower of London, from whence he had set out. When the people saw they could obtain nothing more, they were inflamed with passion, and went back... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 240 pages
...will tell thee more at our ease what our wants are." The Earl of Salisbury then replied for the king: "Gentlemen, you are not properly dressed, nor in a fit condition for the king to talk with you." The king then returned to the Tower and the rebels returned in rage to Blackheath, and the whole body... | |
 | Louise Creighton - Great Britain - 1883 - 382 pages
...at our ease what our wants are." Then one of the nobles who was with the King shouted out to them, "Gentlemen, you are not properly dressed, nor in a fit condition for the King to talk to you." After this the King went back to the Tower of London, and the rebels were full of passion... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 214 pages
...Blackheath were gathered on the bank to- receive him. He however would not land, because they were " not properly dressed, nor in a fit condition for the king to talk " with them. After this the 10 insurgents marched to London. The mayor and aldermen tried to shut the city... | |
 | Edward Gilliat - Great Britain - 1889 - 414 pages
...— and the quiet sarcasm of his tone bit even deeper than the peevish taunt of the Chancellor : ' Gentlemen, you are not properly dressed, nor in a fit condition for the King to talk with you.' A second howl of disappointed rage went up from the crowd, and threatening gestures made it expedient... | |
 | Chauncey Wetmore Wells - English prose literature - 1914 - 330 pages
...down the river. "What do ye wish for? " demanded the king; " I am come hither to hear what you have to say." Those near him cried out with one voice:...to the Tower of London, from whence he had set out. When the people saw they could obtain nothing more, they were inflamed with passion, and went back... | |
 | Allen Rogers Benham - English literature - 1916 - 674 pages
...and down the river. "What do ye wish for?" demanded the king; "I am come hither to hear what you have to say." Those near him cried out with one voice:...to the Tower of London from whence he had set out. When the people saw they could obtain nothing more, they were inflamed with passion, and went back... | |
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The Earl of Salisbury then replied for the king, and said, "Gentlemen, you are not properly dressed, nor in a fit condition for the king to talk with you." Nothing more was said ; for the king was desired to return to the Tower of London, from whence... 
