The canons had offered the king a golden and jewelled crown and the king readily consented to buy it.

His plea of ill-health was a genuine one, and in 1700 the king reluctantly consented to his retirement into private life.

The king consented to listen, and did so with marked surprise.

In fact, on one occasion, I intimated the propriety of a canine crusade to Mehevi, but the benevolent king would not consent to it.

To this request the king consented.

They agreed to marry, and the king consented.

"I suppose you'll have to go," consented the king, with an indulgent smile.

Both pope and king consented on condition, however, that the honour of the see should be divided between the two places.

The king consented although his court advised him not to deal with such an unlucky man as Hrói.

But Gawain persisted, and the king at last, with sorrow of heart, consented that Gawain should be his ransom.