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This fragment was probably composed when Bacon conceived the idea of putting forth a history of England that should begin with the union of the Houses of York and 1 John Speed ( 1552—1629 ) was one of the most industrious writers of ...
This fragment was probably composed when Bacon conceived the idea of putting forth a history of England that should begin with the union of the Houses of York and 1 John Speed ( 1552—1629 ) was one of the most industrious writers of ...
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The mistakes of Polydore are such as might be expected in the work of a foreigner writing a history of England . Bacon seems also to have consulted another Latin writer , Bernard André » , for some few points in his history .
The mistakes of Polydore are such as might be expected in the work of a foreigner writing a history of England . Bacon seems also to have consulted another Latin writer , Bernard André » , for some few points in his history .
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He , like Speed , was a tailor , but his decided turn for antiquarian research soon asserted its power , and he abandoned his trade , and is said to have travelled on foot through a large part of England for the purpose of a personal ...
He , like Speed , was a tailor , but his decided turn for antiquarian research soon asserted its power , and he abandoned his trade , and is said to have travelled on foot through a large part of England for the purpose of a personal ...
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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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... ambassadors to France just at the time of the battle of St Aubin is another error . These ambassadors ( Urswick and Frion being members of the embassy ) were sent Dec. ith , 1488 , to treat about terms between France and England and ...
... ambassadors to France just at the time of the battle of St Aubin is another error . These ambassadors ( Urswick and Frion being members of the embassy ) were sent Dec. ith , 1488 , to treat about terms between France and England and ...
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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...
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.
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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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