History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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They were dedicated to King James , and form the basis of what was afterwards expanded into the nine books ( in Latin ) , " De Augmentis Scientiarum . " This was meant to form one section of the great work which Bacon planned ...
They were dedicated to King James , and form the basis of what was afterwards expanded into the nine books ( in Latin ) , " De Augmentis Scientiarum . " This was meant to form one section of the great work which Bacon planned ...
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He also worked at a scheme which he had previously laid before King James for a Digest of the Laws of England . He collected a volume of witty sayings from all quarters , which he sent forth with the title of " Apophthegmata , " and he ...
He also worked at a scheme which he had previously laid before King James for a Digest of the Laws of England . He collected a volume of witty sayings from all quarters , which he sent forth with the title of " Apophthegmata , " and he ...
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99 Embassy sent to England from Charles VIII about Henry's second 2 Parliament Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Murder of James III of Scot- land Battle of St Albans ( St Aubin ) 25 Nov. - -- II June , 1488 . 28 July , It is worth notice ...
99 Embassy sent to England from Charles VIII about Henry's second 2 Parliament Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Murder of James III of Scot- land Battle of St Albans ( St Aubin ) 25 Nov. - -- II June , 1488 . 28 July , It is worth notice ...
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... King James with Princess Margaret Perkin Warbeck executed at Ty- burn 13 Feb. 1499 12 July , II Sept. 23 Nov. - - 9 June , Feb. 1498-9 . Earl of Warwick beheaded Prince Edmund died XVI . Death of Cardinal Morton XVII .
... King James with Princess Margaret Perkin Warbeck executed at Ty- burn 13 Feb. 1499 12 July , II Sept. 23 Nov. - - 9 June , Feb. 1498-9 . Earl of Warwick beheaded Prince Edmund died XVI . Death of Cardinal Morton XVII .
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XXIV . the Princess Catharine of Ara- gon Arrest of the friends of the Earl of Suffolk Death of Prince Arthur Sir James Tirrell executed Marriage of Princess Margaret to King James IV . Prince Henry created Prince of Wales Henry's ...
XXIV . the Princess Catharine of Ara- gon Arrest of the friends of the Earl of Suffolk Death of Prince Arthur Sir James Tirrell executed Marriage of Princess Margaret to King James IV . Prince Henry created Prince of Wales Henry's ...
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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.
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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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