The place it occupies in the thoughts of the two lawyers, as Mr. Browning depicts them, is very characteristic of the manner in which his imagination has embraced and vivified every detail of the situation.
— from A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.
Et predictus Alexander Hugo et alii veniunt et defendunt vim et injuriam etc.... et bene cognoscunt, quod antecessores eorum tenuerunt tenementa sua in dicto hameletto de progenitoribus domini Regis per seruicium 30 denariorum pro virgata terre ... et bene cognoscunt quod ipsi reddunt predicto Roberto de Canle redditus suos, sed qualiter ipse uel antecessores sui huiusmodi seruicia perquisierint, ignorant.... Jurati ... per sacramentum suum dicunt, quod tempore Henrici Regis avi 428 domini Regis nunc tenuerunt omnes....
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
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