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I will go into England and execute what mischief I may against her The new Vicomte de Montbrison set forth for Paris, first to do homage for his fief, and secondly to be accredited for some plausible mission into England.— Chivalry
'Willingly,' replied Alfonso, without hesitating; 'the decision depends on this question--whether the fief were granted under the law of Lombardy, or under the French Law.'— Apologia Pro Vita Sua
The purpose of this meeting was to establish his daughter as sovereign there also Nepi had never been a baronial fief, although the prefects of Vico and the Orsini had held the place at different times.— Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
Why did this great lord, so near home in his progress--his fief was in Ko[u]shu[u]--deign thus to rest?— Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2
His office brought him in close contact with her ladyship; the more so as the management of the fief was in her hands.— Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2

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