Sentence:  ... whose ancestors, says Clarendon, had been transported out of Normandy with the Conqueror, "and had continued," says Sir Henry Wotton, "about the space of four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great <WSD>lustre</WSD> ...". 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.