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Calendar of Early Mayor's Court Rolls
… those who thus assessed him be cursed and hanged by the devil." And since he cursed the collectors in the presence of …
Old and New London
… none could be obtained, and he was compelled to bury the devil, &c., in the ruins. Fortunately, the flames did not …
The Environs of London
… 46. John Webster, the author of a comedy called, The White Devil, or Victoria Corombona, published in 1612, says, in a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… side of the county to the fens: the most entire is the Devil's Ditch, which runs seven miles, from Wood-Ditton to …
Old and New London
… of men, women, and children were witnesses of the devil entering her house in his very appearance and state, … the reign of Henry VII., and to have 'sold her soul to the devil' for the power of foretelling future events. Though …
Old and New London
… me. Thou art violently carried away from grace. There is a devil haunts thee, in the likeness of a fat old man; a tun of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the Duke of Newcastle, and now of Henry Hoghton, Esq. The Devil's Bridge, in the vicinity of the Rheidiol and Mynach … along the deep cleft in the rocks that is crossed by the Devil's Bridge, throws itself into the Rheidiol, over a … road extends from Aberystwith to Shrewsbury, by way of the Devil's Bridge, or Pont-arVynach; but it has not been so much …
Calendar, Committee for Compounding
… of Commons. Browne swore he would give his soul to the devil before I should have any profit out of the estate. He …
Calendar, Committee for the Advance of Money
… or p. Deposition by Wm. Latham that Ralph Latham said "The devil take the Parliament and all committees, for they will …