. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. Scotland was followed by that of the new king and queen of the Romans, who went to be crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle carrying with them seven hundred thousand pounds in ster- ling money. A dreadftd famine added to the public emliarrass- ment occasioned by the drain on the specie. It was at this sea
. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. Scotland was followed by that of the new king and queen of the Romans, who went to be crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle carrying with them seven hundred thousand pounds in ster- ling money. A dreadftd famine added to the public emliarrass- ment occasioned by the drain on the specie. It was at this season of pubhc misery that Eleanor, bhnded by the selfish spu-it of covetousness to the impolicy of her conduct, chose to renew her demands of queen-gold on the city of London. Tliese the king enforced by writs of Exchequer, himself sittin" there m person/' and compelling the reluctant sherift's to distrain the citizens for the same. This year . ^ queen lost her little daughter, the lady Katherine, whom slie had borne to kin? Henry diuing his abs(;nce in the Gascon war. Among the Tower records is an ovder to the treasurer and chamberlains of the treasury, to deUver to master Simon de Wills five marks and a half, for his expenses in bringing from Lontlon a certain brass image to be set on the royal infant's tomb at West- minster ; and for paying to Simon de Gloucester, the kint^s goldsmith, for a silver image for the like purpose, the sum of seventy marks. The ardent desire of the king and queen for the realization of their second son's title as king of Sicily meeting with no encouragement, a Uttle piece of stage effect was devis( rl by the sovereign, by which he foolishly imagined he should move his obdurate barons to grant the pecuniary supplies for his darling project. Having caused the young prince to be attired in the graceful costume of a Sicilian king, he, at the opening of the parliament, presented him to the with the following speech:â" Behold here, g
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