Famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1900)
Malan, Alfred Henry, editor · New York, G. P. Putnam's son; London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 318
Lyme mastiff, a breed peculiar to the place. InStows Annals is to be found a reference to them which showsthat they were then sufficiently highly prized to be consideredworthy of forming part of a royal gift sent by James !., in 1604, toPhilip 111. of Spain. The incident related by Stow is as… … IN THE COURT 292 X^me (Here follows a long and particular account of the embassy,which consisted of six hundred persons besides horses andcoaches, and of their reception in the various towns until themonth of May, when they reached Valladolid, where the Courtwas; and then the chronicler proceeds.)…
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