. Pleasantries of English courts and lawyers. c-^.^1^^. II: LAWYERS IN ARMS CHAPTER XI. FOR centuries the majority of our English lawyerswere ecclesiastics ; and for centuries our mitredjudges evinced no reluctance to mount horse and wearmail. Chief Justiciar Odo, a type of these holy andmartial lawyers, certainly contributed as much as Wil-liam to the success of the Norman invasion. It was hisvoice that, thundering from Norman pulpits, stirredgrim barons and impetuous knights to support theirfeudal chieftain ; it was his purse that equipped a fleetfor the cause, and armed a company of chosen
. Pleasantries of English courts and lawyers. c-^.^1^^. II: LAWYERS IN ARMS CHAPTER XI. FOR centuries the majority of our English lawyerswere ecclesiastics ; and for centuries our mitredjudges evinced no reluctance to mount horse and wearmail. Chief Justiciar Odo, a type of these holy andmartial lawyers, certainly contributed as much as Wil-liam to the success of the Norman invasion. It was hisvoice that, thundering from Norman pulpits, stirredgrim barons and impetuous knights to support theirfeudal chieftain ; it was his purse that equipped a fleetfor the cause, and armed a company of chosen warriors ;and having giving words and money, he was no lesswilling to give his blood. When the French linescovered the Sussex coast, his clear, tremulous, earnestutterances assured them that the God of Hosts was ontheir side, that those of them who outlived the -battlewould be victors, and that those who fell would join theblessed saints. And having thus spoken and celebratedthe holy mass, the bishop laid aside his sacred vestments,mounted his white w
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