 | Francis Grose - 1787 - 378 sidor
...Kentifli-men, i • . . j A Knight A Knight of Cales, a Gentleman of Wales, and a Laird of the North countree, A Yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent, will buy them out all three. Many very poor Gentlemen were knighted by Robert Earl of Eflex, in his expedition to Cales, AD 1596,... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 370 sidor
...such an accession of fortune must have been very seasonable. A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cales, And a laird of the north country; — But a yeoman...with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three. f Sir Gelly rose into importance from the countenance of the Earl of Essex, and soon found himself... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 608 sidor
...whence the rhyme, " A knight of Cales, and a gentleman of Wales, And a laird of the north conntree ; A yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three." Cales Knights were made in that voyage, by Robert earl of Essex, anno Domini 1596, to the number of... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1840 - 384 sidor
...whom the proverb ran : " A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent. Will buy them out all three ! " A cold sirloin, big enough to frighten a Frenchman, filled the place of honour, counter-checked... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 606 sidor
...whence the rhyme, " A knight of Cales, and a gentleman of Wales, And a laird of the north countree ; A yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three." Cales Knights were made in that voyage, by Robert earl of Essex, anno Domini 1596, to the number of... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - 438 sidor
...which gave rise (says Bp. Perey) to the following sareasm : " A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cnics, And a laird of the north country ; But a yeoman of...with his yearly rent Will buy them out all three." P. 39, 1. 14,—" Will. Sommers," the celebrated jester to King Henry VIII, and one of the most renowned... | |
 | Henry Chettle - 1841 - 442 sidor
...which gave rise (says Bp. Percy) to the following sarcasm : " A gentleman of Wales, a Jmight of Cales, And a laird of the north country; But a yeoman of...with his yearly rent Will buy them out all three." P. 39,1. 14,—" Will. Sommers," the celebrated jester to KingHenry VIII, and one of the most renowned... | |
 | 1846 - 614 sidor
...ballads were made. "|i < A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Calet, And a laird of the north countrie; But a yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three. arose arose te bewilder a ladye of the sunny south, in the person of John, the eldest son of Charles... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1846 - 606 sidor
...derisive ballads were made. A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Calet, And a laird of the north countrie; But a yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three. arose to bewilder a ladye of the sunny south, in the person of John, the eldest son of Charles Bolle... | |
 | 430 sidor
...the other proverb, — A Knight of Calcs. A Gentleman of Wales, Aml a Laird of the North Countric ; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three. The Kentishmen also boast of being the first Christians who were converted in England, and they havr. a... | |
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A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent. Will buy them out all three... 
