obsidional

The obsidional were the reward of a general who had delivered a besieged city, (Aulus Gellius, Noct.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765

‘We shall hardly,’ said he one morning to Waverley when they had been viewing the Castle — ‘we shall hardly gain the obsidional crown, which you wot well was made of the roots or grain which takes root within the place besieged, or it may be of the herb woodbind, parietaria, or pellitory; we shall not, I say, gain it by this same blockade or leaguer of Edinburgh Castle.’

Waverley 2004

-- The obsidional, or _siege pieces_, struck by the partizans of this monarch during the civil wars, are extremely interesting, and, with the exception of those coined at Newark, are all rare.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 Various

` ` We shall hardly, '' said he one morning to Waverley, when they had been viewing the Castle, --- ` ` we shall hardly gain the obsidional crown, which you wot well was made of the roots or grain which takes root within the place besieged, or it may be of the herb woodbine, paretaria, or pellitory; we shall not, I say, gain it by this same blockade or leaguer of Edinburgh

The Waverley 1877

But though on that occasion it was never known who performed that splendid achievement, yet those who now behaved bravely were not unknown, but received obsidional crowns, and were publicly praised according to the ancient fashion.

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851

'We shall hardly,' said he one morning to Waverley when they had been viewing the Castle -- 'we shall hardly gain the obsidional crown, which you wot well was made of the roots or grain which takes root within the place besieged, or it may be of the herb woodbind, parietaria, or pellitory; we shall not, I say, gain it by this same blockade or leaguer of Edinburgh Castle.'

Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Miss Eliza Scott -- and my dear Chief, whom I love very much, though a little obsidional or so, remains till three.

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801

'We shall hardly,' said he one morning to Waverley, when they had been viewing the castle, -- 'we shall hardly gain the obsidional crown, which you wot well was made of the roots or grain which takes root within the place besieged, or it may be of the herb woodbind, PARETARIA, or pellitory; we shall not, I say, gain it by this same blockade or leaguer of Edinburgh Castle.'

Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

'We shall hardly,' said he one morning to Waverley when they had been viewing the Castle -- 'we shall hardly gain the obsidional crown, which you wot well was made of the roots or grain which takes root within the place besieged, or it may be of the herb woodbind, parietaria, or pellitory; we shall not, I say, gain it by this same blockade or leaguer of Edinburgh

Waverley Walter Scott 1801

'We shall hardly,' said he one morning to Waverley when they had been viewing the Castle -- 'we shall hardly gain the obsidional crown, which you wot well was made of the roots or grain which takes root within the place besieged, or it may be of the herb woodbind, parietaria, or pellitory; we shall not, I say, gain it by this same blockade or leaguer of Edinburgh Castle.'

Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801