"It means that Catholic lands and holds are sometimes confiscated and in some cases the boundary lines are not known, and some good King might send some noble lord to the Tower to search for the required limitations of his demesne." — from Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne
being landed and not knowing any
Sayling on prosperously in our Ship, it was not long, before wee arrived at Baffa , where being landed, and not knowing any person, neither what I should say to the Gentlemen, who onely were carefull for delivering me to my Father, according as they were charged by the reverend Abbesse: it was the will of heaven doubtlesse (in pitty and compassion of my passed disasters) that I was no sooner come on shore at Baffa : but I should there haply meete with Antigonus , whome I called unto in our countrey Language, because I would not be understood by the Gentlemen nor their wives, requesting him to acknowledge me as his Daughter. — from The Decameron (Day 1 to Day 5)
Containing an hundred pleasant Novels by Giovanni Boccaccio
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