History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... wrote also the " Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain , " and a work on the Genealogies of Holy Scripture under the title of " A cloud of Witnesses . " Lancaster , and be brought down as closely as was INTRODUCTION . ix.
... wrote also the " Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain , " and a work on the Genealogies of Holy Scripture under the title of " A cloud of Witnesses . " Lancaster , and be brought down as closely as was INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... Britain given artificially , for serving his own turn , some hopes , in case he obtained the kingdom , to marry Anne , in- heritress to the duchy of Britain , whom Charles the eighth of France soon after married , it bred some doubt ...
... Britain given artificially , for serving his own turn , some hopes , in case he obtained the kingdom , to marry Anne , in- heritress to the duchy of Britain , whom Charles the eighth of France soon after married , it bred some doubt ...
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... Britain , was made earl of Bath ; Sir Giles 10 Daubeney , was made lord Daubeney ; and Sir Robert Willoughby , lord Brook . The King did also with great nobleness and bounty , which virtues at that time had their turns in his nature ...
... Britain , was made earl of Bath ; Sir Giles 10 Daubeney , was made lord Daubeney ; and Sir Robert Willoughby , lord Brook . The King did also with great nobleness and bounty , which virtues at that time had their turns in his nature ...
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... Britains , in whose acts there is truth enough to make him famous , besides that which is fabulous . The child was strong and able , though he was born in the eighth month , which the physicians do prejudge . There followed this year ...
... Britains , in whose acts there is truth enough to make him famous , besides that which is fabulous . The child was strong and able , though he was born in the eighth month , which the physicians do prejudge . There followed this year ...
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... Britain . There were many circumstances that did feed the ambition of Charles with pregnant and apparent hopes of success : the duke of Britain old , and entered into a lethargy , and served with mercenary counsellors , 30 father of two ...
... Britain . There were many circumstances that did feed the ambition of Charles with pregnant and apparent hopes of success : the duke of Britain old , and entered into a lethargy , and served with mercenary counsellors , 30 father of two ...
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Page 270 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 221 - He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive in Richmond, or any of his palaces.
Page 155 - ... creation, as in St. George's Fields, where his own person had been encamped. And for matter of liberality, he did, by open edict, give the goods of all the prisoners unto those that had taken them; either to take them in kind, or compound for them, as they could. After matter of honour and liberality, followed matter of severity and execution. The lord Audley was led from Newgate to Tower-Hill, in a paper coat painted with his own arms; the arms reversed, the coat torn, and he at Tower-Hill beheaded.