Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity Volume 22 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 edition. Excerpt: ... suffer thy excesses outrages, or the evil counsell thou suggested to the kynge, unpunished; and truly so it wolde have chaunced, yf God had granted me lyfe, and thou wolde have found that to have been true: evil councell ys worste to the councellor; but now I goe whither God calls me, whom I humbly beseache (yf thou escape the hands of men) that he wyll make an ende of thy evill deedes. And when he wepte & prayed hym of pardon, God that ys juste, sayed he, rewarde the accordynge to thy deserts; I will not thou trouble me any longer; depart forthe of my syghte, not here after to see my face agayne. After hys departure he began vehemently to faynt and so to loose hys streangth, that scarce any breathe remained in hym, which the Bishopp of Bangor, whoe then was present, percevynge, he came unto hym & sayed, now, without doubt, deathe is at hande, and he ys to goe whither God hath appoynted, therefor I councell you, my lorde, now to forgive all those that have offended you, and for that yt ys manyfest that you have offended both God and many men, therfor, fyrste, aske God forgeveness; and secondly, all men whom of sett purpose or ignorantly you have willingly offended. To whom he answeared, I will; and the bishopp sayed yt suffyceth not to say only I will, but when you have powre, declarynge the same by wordes, you ought to aske pardon; but he answeared nothynge els, but only "I will;" and when he had oftentymes done thys, the bishopp sayed, I suppose some evil sprytes to be here present that let thys tongue, whereby he cannot expresse hys mynde with wordes, &, takynge the sprincle, he caste holy water by the four corners of the chamber where he lay, and beholde, sodenly the prynce with joyned handes and eyes lifted up...