Sir Francis knew how many thousand yards of Cramoisy velvet, how many hundredweight of gold and silver embroidery, how much satin and feathers, and what quantity of pearls and diamonds; Farnese had been providing himself withal.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
And he too had heard of the jewelled suits of Cramoisy velvet, and all the rest of the finery with which the triumphant Alexander was intending to astonish London.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
You will ask him for it; he will demand payment: you will be a couple of yards' length or so of Cramoisy: and there ends the episode, nobody killed, only a poor man melancholy-wounded, and I must offer him my hand to mend him, vowing to prove to him that Suttee was properly abolished.
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