 | Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - 1805 - 318 ページ
...the finest, ' and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gen' tlemen, yea and certain abbotts, holy men no doubt, ' not contenting themselves with...their forefathers and ' predecessors of their lands, not being content that they ' live in rest and pleasure nothing profiting, yea much * knowing the weale... | |
 | 1829 - 590 ページ
...fields, houses, and cities ; for look in what part of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men, God wot, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont to grow to their... | |
 | Patrick Edward Dove - 1856 - 532 ページ
...fields, houses, and cities; for, look in what part of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool ; there, noblemen and gentlemen • — yea, and certain abbots^ holy men^ God wot! — not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont to grow... | |
 | Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie - 1870 - 412 ページ
...More complained : — ' Noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, not contenting tbemselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont...their forefathers and predecessors of their lands, leave no ground for tillage. They inclose all into pastures ; they throw down houses ; they pluck down... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1874 - 562 ページ
...fields, houses, and cities : for look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, — there, noblemen and gentlemen, yea,...grow to their forefathers and predecessors of their lauds, nor being content that they live in rest and pleasure, nothing profiting, yea, much noying the... | |
 | Emile de Laveleye - 1878 - 482 ページ
...Sir Thomas More echoes the same complaints:—" Noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and even certain abbots, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...their forefathers and predecessors of their lands, leave no ground for tillage. They inclose all into pastures; they throw down houses; they pluck down... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 612 ページ
...livings. ... In what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore the dearest wool, these noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy...no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly . . . profits that were wont to grow to their forefathers, . . . leave no ground for tillage ; they... | |
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 632 ページ
...:— They [the Oien and Sheep] consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities. These noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain Abbots—...holy men, no doubt — not contenting themselves with toe yearly profits and revenues that were wont to grow to their forefathers and predecessors ot their... | |
 | John Fiske - 1897 - 372 ページ
...and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men, God wot! not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...their forefathers and predecessors of their lands, nor beiug content that they live in rest and pleasure — nothing profiting, yea, much annoying the weal... | |
 | John Fiske - 1897 - 374 ページ
...fields, houses, and cities ; for look in what part of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men, God •wot! not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont to grow to... | |
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For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men no doubt... 
