 Vehme from wife and child — from father and mother — from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every being between earth and heaven. " Another clause relates...  Secret Societies of the Middle Ages - Page 319by Thomas Keightley - 1848 - 380 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 432 pages
...he then takes the oath, swearing by the Holy Law, that he will conceal the secrets of the Holy Vehme from wife and child — from father and mother — from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 pages
...he then takes the oath, swearing by the Holy Law, that he will conceal the secrets of the Holy Vchme from wife and child — from father and mother — from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every... | |
 | 1837 - 704 pages
...right hand upon a naked sword and halter, pronouncing after the court the following adjuration ' ' I promise on the holy marriage that I will from henceforth...father and mother, from sister and brother, from fire aud windy from all that ' H e wns farther obliged to swear that he would ever to the best of hi:; ability,... | |
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1844 - 266 pages
...Fehm-gerichte, — an oath binding me ' by the death which God endured on the cross, to keep the holy secrets from wife and child, from father and mother, from sister and brother, from fire and wind, from all the sun shines on, or the rain falls on, from all between sky and ground, and especially from the man... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1844 - 264 pages
...Fehm-gerichte, — an oath binding me ' by the death which God endured on the cross, to keep the holy secrets from wife and child, from father and mother, from sister and brother, from fire and wind, from all the sun shines on, or the rain falls on, from all between sky and ground, and especially from the man... | |
 | Anne Joseph Eusèbe Baconnière-Salverte - 1846 - 412 pages
...President of the Assembly ; — " I promise, on the holy marriage, that I will from henceforth aid, help, and conceal the holy Fehms, from wife and child, from...and mother, from sister and brother, from fire and Christianity having maintained powerful pre-eminence for more than six centuries, and having carried... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1851 - 434 pages
...he then takes the oath, swearing by the Holy Law, that he will conceal the secrets of the Holy Vehme from wife and child — from father and mother— from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 626 pages
...he then takes tbeoath, swearing by tho Holy Law, that he will c* nccal tho sccruu of tb> Holy Vehine from wife and child— from father and mother— from sister and brother— from fire and water— from every creature upx which the sun shines, or upon which die rain falls — from even being... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 pages
...he then takes the oath, swearing by the Holy Law, that he will conceal the secrets of the Holy Vehme from wife and child — from father and mother — from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1853 - 542 pages
...then takes the oath, swearing by the Holy Law, that he will conceal the secrets of the Holy Velnne from wife and child — from father and mother — from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every... | |
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