 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 414 pages
...five marks a year. And by ftat. 2. Henry VII. the ptaifhment for taking their eggs, was impriionment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's pleafure. At prefeat they are lefs valued for the delicacy of their flefh, but great numbers of them... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 464 pages
...king." And by the eleventh of Henry VII. c. 17. the puniihment for taking their eggs was imprifonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. Though at prefent they are not fo highly valued as a delicacy, yet great numbers are preferved for... | |
 | 1792 - 530 pages
...fubfequent aft, taking their eggs, in like manner as thofe of the hawk, was punifhed with imprifonment, for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. In Coke's Reports, part vü. in the cafe of fwans, it is remarked, ' that he who ftealeth a fwan in... | |
 | Samuel Ireland - 1792 - 452 pages
...fubfequent aft, taking their eggs, in like manner as thofe of the hawk, was puniihed with imprifonment, for a year and a day, and a fine at the King's will. IN Coke's Reports, part vu. in the cafe of fwans it is remarked, " that he who ftealeth " a fwan in... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1807 - 506 pages
...keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for inking their eggs, was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will ! The swan is the most graceful ew immer in all nature. As Milton has it, " it proudly rows in state,... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...Ed ward the fourth, none, except the sou of the king, was permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment...for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will ! .The swan is the most graceful swimmer in all nature. As Milton has it, " it proudly rows in state,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...Edward the Fourth, none except the son of the king, was permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment...and a fine at the king's will. At present they are but little valued for the delicacy of their flesh ; but "• many are still preserved for their beauty.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their eggs v/a» imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. At present they are but little valued for the delicacy of their flesh ; but many are still preserved for their beauty.... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1818 - 552 pages
...any, other than the son of our sovereign lord the king." And, by the eleventh of Henry VII. c. 17. the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment...for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. Though at present they are not so highly valued as a delicacy, yet great numbers arc preserved for... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 pages
...Edward the fourth, none, except the son of the king, were permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment...and a fine at the king's will. At present they are but little valued for the delicacy of their flesh; but numbers are still preserved for their beauty.... | |
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Swans were formerly held in such great esteem in England, that, by an act of Edward the Fourth, none, except the son of the king, was permitted to keep a Swan, unless possessed of a freehold to the value of five marks a year. 
