 Hear, my lord," swore the vassal as kneeling bareheaded and without arms he placed his hands within those of his superior, "I become liege man of yours for life and limb and earthly regard; and I will keep faith and loyalty to you for life and death,...  The Buried Ideal - Side 52af Charles Lawson - 1914 - 183 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 sider
...kneeling without arms and bareheaded he placed his hands within those of his superior. " I become !iege man of yours for life and limb and earthly regard,...and loyalty to you for life and death, God help me." The kiss of his lord invested him with land or "fief" to descend to him and his heirs for ever. A whole... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 sider
...dependant, as kneeling without arms and bareheaded he placed his hands within those of his superior. " 1 become liege man of yours for life and limb and earthly...and loyalty to you for life and death, God help me." The kiss of his lord invested him with land or " fief " to descend to him and his heirs for ever. A... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1877 - 920 sider
...kneeling without arms and bare*-£: he placed his hands within those of his superior. " I become JZ nan of yours for life and limb and earthly regard, and I will keep i^i and loyalty to you for life and death, God help me." The kiss of Mi tori invested him with land... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1878 - 878 sider
...without arms and bare-headed he placed his hands within those of his superior. " I become liege-man of yours for life and limb and earthly regard, and...and loyalty to you for life and death, God help me." The kiss of his lord invested him with land or " fief," to descend to him and his heirs forever. A... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1878 - 622 sider
...vassal as kneeling bareheaded and without arms he placed his hands within those of his superior, " I become liege man of yours for life and limb and...earthly regard ; and I will keep faith and loyalty to 1O711085. William and England. CHAP. I. you for life and death, God help me ! " Then the kiss of ^... | |
 | James Wells - 1882 - 310 sider
...family. When the man thus kissed his king — as in the picture on the opposite page — he said, " Hear, my lord, I become liege man of yours for life...and loyalty to you for life and death. God help me." From that day he was the king's vassal or yeoman. That striking ceremony was called paying homage.... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1882 - 486 sider
...vassal, as kneeling bareheaded and without arms, he placed his hands within those of his superior, " I become liege man of yours for life and limb and...and loyalty to you for life and death, God help me 1" Then the kiss of his lord invested him with land as a "fief " to descend to him and his heirs forever.... | |
 | David Sinclair (of Wigan, Eng.) - 1882 - 260 sider
...which he bountifully gave to his faithful followers, who had each to kneel before him and humbly vow, " I become liege man of yours for life and limb and...and loyalty to you for life and death; God help me." Thus, too, each under-tenant swore to his superior, and so, by this feudal system of military tenure... | |
 | 1882 - 676 sider
...vassal swore fealty to his superior by placing his hands within those of his master and declaring, ' I become liege man of yours for life and limb, and...regard, and I will keep faith and loyalty to you for lite, God help me.' 3. John Wilkes, member of Parliament for Aylesbury in 1763, was arrested for libelling... | |
 | 1887 - 572 sider
...bareheaded, and, placing his hands within those of his superior, swore — "Hear, my lord, I become liege-man of yours for life and limb and earthly regard, and...and loyalty to you for life and death. God help me." Whereupon the kiss of the king invested him with his portion of the land. "THY WILL BE DONE." A conformed... | |
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