"I establish a firm peace in all my kingdom, and I order that this peace shall henceforth be kept."

"I restore to you the law of King Edward together with such emendations to it as my father made with the counsel of hi…"

"A man of tremendous energy, he greatly increased his worldly possessions, and collected a huge treasure-store of prec…"

"He was of middle stature, exceeding the diminutive, but exceeded by the very tall: his hair was black, but scanty nea…"

"She became most fervent, continually risking her life by harbouring and maintaining priests, was frequently imprisone…"

"It is clear that there are as many different languages as peoples in this island. The Scots, however, and the Welsh, …"

"His bright spirits and kindly genial ways, the outward expression of a soul which combined with its deep sense of rel…"

"It is in cases of litigation that Rome is slow, and that is owing to deep solicitude lest justice should suffer a def…"

"What more serious question can there be, than to enter upon an inquiry into the various stages of the vast system of …"

"The goods and evils of this life make a deeper impression on the minds of Christians in general, than the prospect of…"