Harrison's Description of England in Shakspere's youth: Being the second and third books of his Description of Britaine and England. Ed. from the ... Shakespeare library: Shakespere's England)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 ...with the names of dukes, marquesses, earles, valuasors or capteins, and valuasines. His Prœdia in like maner were tributes, tolles, Pnrdia. portage, bankage, stackage, coinage, profits by saltpits, milles, water-courses (and whatsoeuer emoluments grew by them) & such like. But at that present I read not that the word Baro was brought into those parts. And Thero are-as for the valuasors, it was a denomination applied vnto all degrees of honor vnder the first three (which are properlie named the kings capteins) so that they are s kinds ot..... Valvasors or called Maiores, minores, is minimi valuqfores. This greater, less, also is to be noted, that the word capteine hath two and'east. relations, either as the possessor therof hath it from the prince, or from some duke, marquesse, or earle, for each had capteins vnder them. If from the prince, then are they called Maiores valuqfores, if from anie of Valuasores. his three peeres, then were they Minores but if anie of these Valuasors doo substitute a deputie, those are called Minimi valuasores, and their deputies The deputies ot also Valuafini, without regard vnto which degree the Valvasines. valuasor dooth but the word Valuasor is 'Valvasor'is now growne out of vse, wherefore it sufficeth to haue Bu said thus much of that function. 1--moti Senatu HAKRTSON. 8 Knights are made, not born. IMUU, Equttes aurali. Pp. 159 Some gentlemen, tho" calld, refuse to be Knights, and pay a fine for it. Knights be not borne, neither is anie man a knight by succession, no, not the king or but they are made either before the battell, to incourage them the more to aduenture & trie their or after the battell ended, as an aduancement for their courage and prowe...