 | 1824 - 612 trang
...another meaning to hts epithet, for Froissart, having described the battle of Poictiers, in 1356', adds, "Thus did Edward the Black Prince, now doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms." ' — vol. ii. pp. 17. 18. The circumstances which led to the adoption of complete harness of plates... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1824 - 616 trang
...epithet, for Froissart, havirig described the battle of Poictiers, in 1356, adds, " Thus did Edward tire Black Prince, now doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms." ' — vol. ii. pp. 17, 18. The circumstances which led to the adoption of complete harness of plates... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 trang
...meaning to his epithet ; for Froissart, having described the battle of Poictiers, in 1356, adds, " thus, did Edward the Black Prince, now doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms." 1CH DIEN. A writer in the Quarterly Review, says, the story of the Black Prince adopting the plume... | |
 | 1824 - 618 trang
...another meaning to his epithet, for Froissart, having described the battle of Poictiers, in 1356, adds, "Thus did Edward the Black Prince, now doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms." ' — vol. ii. pp. 17, 18. The circumstances which led to the adoption of complete harness of plates... | |
 | 1840 - 540 trang
...meaning to this epithet, for Froissart, having described the battle of Poictiers, in 1356, adds, ' Thus did Edward the Black Prince, now doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms.' " accept that which the time affords him ; for neither he nor the wearer of the harness which he would... | |
 | W. B - 1840 - 92 trang
...another meaning to this epithet, for Froissart, having described the battle of Poictiers, adds, "Thu» did Edward the Black Prince, now doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms." It was from the heroic feats of the Prince on the glorious day of Crecy, that the French first styled... | |
 | 1851 - 180 trang
...refreshment, he prepared to continue his march, intent on the security of his royal prize, and the spoils his troops had acquired. Thus did Edward the Black Prince, (now doubly dyed black by the terrors of his arms, as Froissart expresses it) after another successful expedition, inarch leisurely... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 trang
...another meaning to his epithet ; for Froissart having described the battle of Poictiers in 1356, adds "Thus did Edward the Black Prince, now .doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms." ICH DIEN.— "I SERVE." The motto of the Prince of Wales, which was originally adopted by Edward the... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1853 - 474 trang
...another meaning to his epithet ; for Froissart having described the battle of Poictiers in 1356, adds " Thus did Edward the Black Prince, now doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms." ICH DIEN.— "I SERVE." The motto of the Prince of Wales, which was originally adopted by Edward the... | |
 | 1854 - 778 trang
...Armour, vol. ii. p. 18., he quotes Froissart as observing, after his account of the battle of Poictiers, "Thus did Edward the Black Prince, now doubly dyed black by the terror of his arms." I have sought in vain for this passage, or anything resembling it, in Johnes's translation, nor can... | |
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... so called. Yet in the field of battle, and on all other occasions, his surcoat, or guipon, was emblazoned with the arms of England labelled. The terrible effort of his prowess seems to have given another meaning to his epithet, for Froissart, having... 