History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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Page xii
... Charles VIII came to England to pray for the King's assistance for France against Brittany , or at least that he would stand neutral . " Now it is to be noted that in Bacon's account of the king's reply it is stated that he " was ...
... Charles VIII came to England to pray for the King's assistance for France against Brittany , or at least that he would stand neutral . " Now it is to be noted that in Bacon's account of the king's reply it is stated that he " was ...
Page xiii
... Charles's claim of wardship now began to be asserted over the young duchess Anne . We find from Rymer ( XII . 347 seqq . ) that ambassadors were sent in December after this great council to France , Brittany , Spain , and Flanders , and ...
... Charles's claim of wardship now began to be asserted over the young duchess Anne . We find from Rymer ( XII . 347 seqq . ) that ambassadors were sent in December after this great council to France , Brittany , Spain , and Flanders , and ...
Page xiv
... Charles's scheme of annexing Brittany to the French crown . But taking advantage of the remissness of the Archduke , Charles ef- fected by marriage what he had not been able to achieve by war It was in the winter of this year 1489-90 ...
... Charles's scheme of annexing Brittany to the French crown . But taking advantage of the remissness of the Archduke , Charles ef- fected by marriage what he had not been able to achieve by war It was in the winter of this year 1489-90 ...
Page xv
... Charles if he should invade them or the territories of the duchess of Brittany1 . Public proclamation of this convention was made in England , on 17th Sept. , 1490 . Now it was not till 6th Dec. , 1491 , that Charles married Anne , and ...
... Charles if he should invade them or the territories of the duchess of Brittany1 . Public proclamation of this convention was made in England , on 17th Sept. , 1490 . Now it was not till 6th Dec. , 1491 , that Charles married Anne , and ...
Page xvi
... Charles , made the overtures of peace from the French king and the conditions therein contained appear , as Bacon has it , " to the king's taste . " The treaty of Estaples was concluded on Sunday , Nov. 3 , 1492. For the better ap ...
... Charles , made the overtures of peace from the French king and the conditions therein contained appear , as Bacon has it , " to the king's taste . " The treaty of Estaples was concluded on Sunday , Nov. 3 , 1492. For the better ap ...
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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.