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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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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 ...
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 ...
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The parliament being dissolved , the King sent forthwith · money to redeem the marquis Dorset , and Sir John Bourchier , whom he had left as his pledges at Paris , for money which 25 he had borrowed , when he made his expedition for ...
The parliament being dissolved , the King sent forthwith · money to redeem the marquis Dorset , and Sir John Bourchier , whom he had left as his pledges at Paris , for money which 25 he had borrowed , when he made his expedition for ...
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For in England they won to their party 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 ...
For in England they won to their party 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 ...
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And therefore 10 having ordered musters to be made in both parts , and having provisionally designed two generals , Jasper earl of Bedford , and John earl of Oxford , meaning himself also to go in person where the affairs should most ...
And therefore 10 having ordered musters to be made in both parts , and having provisionally designed two generals , Jasper earl of Bedford , and John earl of Oxford , meaning himself also to go in person where the affairs should most ...
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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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