Emperor Henry V and Matilda When Matilda was still in early childhood, envoys from Henry V, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, travelled to England and asked for her hand in marriage.

* When Agamemnon tried to appease Achilles's wrath so that he would fight again, by offering him many gifts, Nestor appointed three envoys to meet Achilles ( Book IX ).

When Alexander returned to Memphis in April 331 BC, envoys from Greece were waiting for him, saying that the oracles at Didyma and Erythrae, which had been silent for a long time, had suddenly spoken and confirmed that Alexander was the son of Zeus.

When President Theodore Roosevelt mediated the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth to end the Russo-Japanese War, envoys from both countries stayed at the Wentworth by the Sea, ferried by launch to negotiations held at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

When Arthur ’ s envoys return, they report the death of one of Arthur ’ s knights from a demon in the woods.

When Hannibal besieged Saguntum ( now Sagunto ), an ally of Rome, the Saguntines petitioned for assistance, and in response the Senate sent Baebius and Publius Valerius Flaccus as envoys to Spain, with instructions to demand that Hannibal leave Saguntum alone.

When the envoys ( dispatched in order to seek for the future king ) arrived on Ganghwa Island, they found the remaining clan of the Yi's barely surviving in wretched poverty.

When the Han envoys set out again to return to China, the king of Anxi dispatched envoys of his own to accompany them ...

When envoys from Emperor Lucius of Rome arrive and accuse Arthur of refusing tribute, " contrary to the statutes and decrees made by the noble and worthy Julius Caesar ", Arthur and his knights are stirring for a fight.

When Nashville arrived on November 21, the British were surprised that the envoys were not on board.

When the USS James Adger arrived in Southampton and Commander Marchand learned from The Times that his targets had arrived in Cuba, he reacted to the news by boasting that he would capture the two envoys within sight of the British shore if necessary, even if they were on a British ship.

: When the Rhodian envoys arrived in Rome the Senate, after listening to their address, deferred its answer.

When they saw Alexander returning with his troops, the Aspendians, who had retreated to their acropolis, again sent envoys to sue for peace.

When the negotiations there for a time proved fruitless, Prokop with the other envoys returned to Bohemia, where new internal troubles broke out.

When the Mongols returned in 1237, Yuri treated their envoys with disdain.

When the papal envoy John of Plano Carpini protested Mongol attacks on the Catholic kingdoms of Europe, Guyuk stated that these people had slain Mongol envoys in the time of Genghis Khan and Ogedei Khan.

When one of Yeku's envoys arrived, Gojong personally met him at his new palace.

When Toregene sent his envoys to negotiate peace, the Song imprisoned them.

When the envoys arrived at Constantinople, the Fourth Council of Constantinople was still in session, and Anastasius, who attended the last session ( February, 870 ), zealously defended the papal cause and was of much service to the papal legates.

When Julian approached with a business-like force, they sent envoys begging for peace in exchange for returning home and promising to stay there.

When Jebe learned of this, he sent 10 envoys to the Prince of Kiev.

When Élisa returned to Tuscany, she found Napoleon still sought to claim payment of these grants via his envoys.

When the Maniots saw the fate of their envoys they decided how to defeat the Ottomans.

When Harold Arlen returned to California in the winter of 1944, it was to take up again a collaboration with Johnny Mercer, begun some years before.

When I returned to make my report, the Hetman did not remember having sent me on the secret mission.

When she returned to life in the big house she felt shriveled of all emotion save dedication to duty.

When Claire returned to Bishopsgate she longed to tell them she had become Byron's mistress.

When he returned home, the station wagon loaded with tools, Jinny had gone with a friend to some meeting in the village, using the recently purchased second car.

When Jones too drew away, she returned to a thorn bush in the neck of land running into the gully, crouched low and waited as before.

And when she returned from taking her guests back to New York she had said, `` All they talked about was Harvie Harvie this, Harvie that When they know the truth will they drop away from me, will I become a nothing ''??

When Peate returned to the pavilion he was reprimanded by his captain for not allowing his partner, Charles Studd ( one of the best batsman in England, having already hit two centuries that season against the colonists ) to get the runs.

When Amphitryon finally returned to Thebes, Alcmene told him that he had come the night before and slept with her ; he learned from Tiresias what Zeus had done.

When the Vikings returned in force in 892 they found a kingdom defended by a standing, mobile field army and a network of garrisoned fortresses that commanded its navigable rivers and Roman roads.

When Valdemar returned to Denmark, he was convinced into strengthening the Danevirke fortifications at the German border, with the support of Absalon.

When Anne and her brother returned home for the holidays in June 1846, she resigned her position.

When White eventually returned three years later, Virginia and the other colonists were gone.

When one guest is finished, the mate is returned to the host, who will then prepare one for another guest.

When the latter was surrounded by Umayyad troops, he sued for help to Ibn Hafsun, but the latter was defeated by the besiegers and returned to Bobastro.

When Jackson returned briefly to England in 1889 to marry, Housman was not invited to the wedding and knew nothing about it until the couple had left the country.

: When, after the action had thus occurred, his own men returned to each general, Scipio could adopt no fixed plan of proceeding, except that he should form his measures from the plans and undertakings of the enemy: and Hannibal, uncertain whether he should pursue the march he had commenced into Italy, or fight with the Roman army which had first presented itself, the arrival of ambassadors from the Boii, and of a petty prince called Magalus, diverted from an immediate engagement ; who, declaring that they would be the guides of his journey and the companions of his dangers, gave it as their opinion, that Italy ought to be attacked with the entire force of the war, his strength having been nowhere previously impaired.

When he had returned to Paramount a few months later, " Matchbox Blues " had already become such a hit that Paramount re-recorded and released two new versions, under producer Arthur Laibly.

When Saint Paul returned to Jerusalem after his conversion, Barnabas took him and introduced him to the apostles ( 9: 27 ).

When he briefly returned to the United States in 1972, the Lincoln Center Film Society honoured him with a gala and awarded him a lifetime achievement award, which has since been awarded annually to filmmakers as The Chaplin Award.

When he returned to the narrative later in life, Claudius skipped over the wars of the second triumvirate altogether.

When the sheriff returned to Cadillac, a force consisting of several hundred armed men was assembled ; this group reportedly included a brass band.

When Kling returned the next year, the Cubs won the pennant again, but lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1910 World Series.

When they returned to San Francisco for their final series with the Giants on September 14, the Rockies had once again built a large Wild Card lead.

When he returned to the factory on Christmas Day he discovered Jed had just been unconscious, and offered him a free flat in Wigan to buy his silence, which Jed accepted.