But this paltry cavil had completely failed.

It had not even been mentioned in the Lower House, and had been mentioned in the Upper only to be contemptuously overruled.

The whole Magistracy of the City swelled the procession.

The banners of England and France, Scotland and Ireland, were carried by great nobles before the corpse.

The pall was borne by the chiefs of the illustrious houses of Howard, Seymour, Grey, and Stanley.