For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated, as a bride, and solemnly bedded ; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and women, put his leg,... Writings historical. Letters - Page 67by Francis Bacon - 1819Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...contracted, stated ¡is a brkle, and solemnly btddtd; and, after she was laid, Maximilian's ambassador put his leg, stript naked to the knee, between the espousal sheets. Bacon. j. To make partaker of the bed. There was a doubt ripped up, whether Arthur was baUid with his... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...bedded; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian'sambassadorwithletters of procuration,and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...come to perfection, and to end them by imagination; Hke ill archers, that draw not their arrows up to the head; and who might as easily have bedded the... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 624 pages
...bedded; and after she was laid,there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...amount to a consummation and actual knowledge. This done,Maximilian, whose property was to leave things then when they were almost come to perfection,... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...bedded ; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...come to perfection, and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows up to the head ; and who might as easily have bedded... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1825 - 540 pages
...bedded ; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...come to perfection, and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows up to the head ; and who might as easily have bedded... | |
| George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1839 - 932 pages
...bedded : nnd after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador, with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and women, put his le£, stript naked to the knee, between the espousal sheets ; to the end that this ceremony might be... | |
| George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 638 pages
...immediate marriage with the young duchess, and Anne was induced to give her consent. But at the moment Maximilian, " whose property was to leave things then,...come to perfection, and to end them by imagination, like ill archers that draw not their arrows up to the head," feared to make the journey into Brittany... | |
| Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...bedded ; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and to the incertain 2 F and to end them by imagination ; like ill archers, that draw not their arrows up to the head ;... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...bedded.; and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration, and in the presence of sundry noble personages, men and...that that ceremony might be thought to amount to a con summation and actual knowledge. This dono Maximilian, whose property was to leave things then when... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 552 pages
...there came in Maximilian's ambassador, with letters of procuration, and, in the presence of certain noble personages, men and women, put his leg, stript...knee, between the espousal sheets ; to the end, that the ceremony might be thought to amount to a consummation." — Kennett's Complete History, vol. i.,... | |
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