| [214] | The earnest workers in the world have often been, in like manner, requited by the ignorant. |
| [215] | See [note 3], on page [40]; also [note], page [148]. |
| [216] | Many parts of the Fen country are now well stocked with elm, ash, birch, poplar, oak, lime, and other forest trees, but where the peat is near the surface the trees are not abundant. |
| [217] | And so in “Marmion”—(The Court)— “The Lady Abbess loud exclaimed—— . . . . . . . . . To martyr, saint and prophet prayed, Against Lord Marmion inveighed And called the Prioress to aid, To curse with candle, bell, and book.” |
| [218] | Distracted. |
| [219] | This is a fine exposition of cowardly, narrow-minded bigotry—it has many real counterparts. |
| [220] | Girolamo was not magnanimous enough to be above the vulgar prejudice against the Jews, a people who have never escaped their avenging Nemesis. |
| [221] | See p. [45]. |
| [222] | Eadgar bestowed the manor of Hatfield consisting of 2260 acres, as well as Dereham, upon the restored Abbey of Ely. |
| [223] | De Dyrham, vide Liber Eliensis ii. p. 156. “Dyrham cum omnibus quæ ad eandem villam pertinebant....” |