In their despair, and not venturing to tell their master what they had done, they swore on Henry's part an unreserved submission to the Pope, and the excommunication was barely averted for a few months, while a legation was sent to pronounce an interdiction on his lands, and receive his submission.

Alexander had determined to excommunicate him at Easter, and to lay an interdiction on all his lands.

" "If I procure her for your majesty, will you withdraw your interdiction from me?" rejoined the earl.

I consider the absolute and unconditional interdiction of this article among these people as the first and great step in their melioration.

The same just and benevolent motives which produced the interdiction in force against this criminal conduct will doubtless be felt by Congress in devising further means of suppressing the evil.

Guessing her meaning, the physician, who now began to regret the interdiction he had placed upon him, told her that he was the cause of his absence.

He establishes in clear terms the fundamental principle of the matter by putting this question, which plain good sense must answer: "Can it be lawful for you to extend this right (that of the free navigation of neutral vessels) in such a way as to injure me and to serve my enemy?" Observe that the Queen, in her proclamation of neutrality, has been careful not to omit the interdiction of the transport of despatches.

Washington seems, however, to have disregarded the interdiction after Yorktown.

" Excellent as these remarks are, in general, I do not like his entire interdiction of the use of melons, peaches, plums, and grapes, even in England.