This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ...to treat upon matters of the highest consequence. Whither, when they were all come, William de Keele, the king's secretary, stood up, and told them he was commanded by the king to say, that however ill his majesty might have behaved himself hitherto, in being guided by foreigners, he was determined to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ...to treat upon matters of the highest consequence. Whither, when they were all come, William de Keele, the king's secretary, stood up, and told them he was commanded by the king to say, that however ill his majesty might have behaved himself hitherto, in being guided by foreigners, he was determined to be so no longer; for they had cheated him of all his money: and that therefore as he intended for the future to have no other counsellors but his natural born subjects, he hoped they would give him a fresh supply! The manner of raising it, he said was to be left to themselves; and though the king was very necessitous in his private circumstances, he was-willing, if they thought proper, that the money raised should be disposed of by their own commissioners to the public advantage. At which speech the barons being greatly surprised, made answer, that they had already given the long such large sums, without receiving any return from him, either of good government or affection, that they thought it inconsistent with their honours to lay any further tax upon the people till they saw better occasion, and therefore desired to be excused. "But the king, who was not so easily to be satisfied, insisting upon the vast expenses he had been at lately, in marrying his sister to the emperor (whose portion was three hundred thousand marks), as also from his own marriage; and likewise, swearing to take their advice in all things for the future and forsake his foreigners, they were prevailed upon to grant him a thirtieth part of all their moveables; and the clergy did the same. But as the money, by agreement, Was not to be disposed of without their privity and consent; and was, likewise, to be deposited in some abbey, castle, or other place of security, and...
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