History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... John Speed ( 1552-1629 ) was one of the most industrious writers of this period on the subjects of antiquities and history , and his compilations , derived in great part from the collections in the libraries of Sir Robert Cotton , and ...
... John Speed ( 1552-1629 ) was one of the most industrious writers of this period on the subjects of antiquities and history , and his compilations , derived in great part from the collections in the libraries of Sir Robert Cotton , and ...
Page xi
... John Stow ( 1525-1605 ) was a most diligent , accurate , and impartial recorder of public events . He , like Speed , was a tailor , but his decided turn for antiquarian research soon asserted its power , and he abandoned his trade , and ...
... John Stow ( 1525-1605 ) was a most diligent , accurate , and impartial recorder of public events . He , like Speed , was a tailor , but his decided turn for antiquarian research soon asserted its power , and he abandoned his trade , and ...
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... John Bourchier , whom he had left as his pledges at Paris , for money which 25 he had borrowed , when he made his expedition for England . And thereupon he took a fit occasion to send the lord Treasurer and master Bray , whom he used as ...
... John Bourchier , whom he had left as his pledges at Paris , for money which 25 he had borrowed , when he made his expedition for England . And thereupon he took a fit occasion to send the lord Treasurer and master Bray , whom he used as ...
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... John earl of Lincoln , son of John de la Pole duke of Suffolk , and of Elizabeth , King Edward the fourth's eldest sister . This earl was a man of great wit and courage , and had his thoughts highly raised 30 by hopes and expectations ...
... John earl of Lincoln , son of John de la Pole duke of Suffolk , and of Elizabeth , King Edward the fourth's eldest sister . This earl was a man of great wit and courage , and had his thoughts highly raised 30 by hopes and expectations ...
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... John earl of Oxford , meaning himself also to go in person where the affairs should most require it , and nevertheless not expecting any actual invasion at that time , 15 the winter being far on , he took his journey himself towards ...
... John earl of Oxford , meaning himself also to go in person where the affairs should most require it , and nevertheless not expecting any actual invasion at that time , 15 the winter being far on , he took his journey himself towards ...
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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.