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It was late in the summer of 1487 that the ambassadors of 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 ...
It was late in the summer of 1487 that the ambassadors of 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 ...
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9th , 1488 , 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 ...
9th , 1488 , 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 ...
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77 ) took place ; and had Maximilian really taken the Duchess to wife , as he might have done , there would have been an end to Charles's scheme of annexing Brittany to the French crown . But taking advantage of the remissness of the ...
77 ) took place ; and had Maximilian really taken the Duchess to wife , as he might have done , there would have been an end to Charles's scheme of annexing Brittany to the French crown . But taking advantage of the remissness of the ...
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a confederation with Maximilian and Ferdinand and Isabella to make actual war against Charles if he should invade them or the territories of the duchess of Brittanył . Public proclamation of this convention was made in England , on 17th ...
a confederation with Maximilian and Ferdinand and Isabella to make actual war against Charles if he should invade them or the territories of the duchess of Brittanył . Public proclamation of this convention was made in England , on 17th ...
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100 ) , and the failure of all assistance from Maximilian , as well as the conclusion of a peace between Ferdinand and Charles , made the overtures of peace from the French king and the conditions therein contained appear , as Bacon has ...
100 ) , and the failure of all assistance from Maximilian , as well as the conclusion of a peace between Ferdinand and Charles , made the overtures of peace from the French king and the conditions therein contained appear , as Bacon has ...
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Page 272 - 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...
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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.
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| Title | History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby Pitt press series |
| Author | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) |
| Editor | Joseph Rawson Lumby |
| Published | 1876 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2006 |
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