History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... king's reign . We find there notices of preparation ( Feb. 1487--8 ) of forces against the King's enemies congregating on the sea . Now that the danger apprehended was connected with Ireland we may gather from subsequent entries where ...
... king's reign . We find there notices of preparation ( Feb. 1487--8 ) of forces against the King's enemies congregating on the sea . Now that the danger apprehended was connected with Ireland we may gather from subsequent entries where ...
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... King Henry the sixth , that innocent Prince , with his own hands ; the contriver of the death of the duke of 5 Clarence his brother ; the murderer of his two nephews , one of them his lawful King in the present , and the other in the ...
... King Henry the sixth , that innocent Prince , with his own hands ; the contriver of the death of the duke of 5 Clarence his brother ; the murderer of his two nephews , one of them his lawful King in the present , and the other in the ...
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... King's uncle , was created duke of Bedford ; Thomas , the lord Stanley , the King's father - in - law , earl of Derby ; and Edward Courtney , earl of Devon ; though the King had then nevertheless a purpose in himself to make more in ...
... King's uncle , was created duke of Bedford ; Thomas , the lord Stanley , the King's father - in - law , earl of Derby ; and Edward Courtney , earl of Devon ; though the King had then nevertheless a purpose in himself to make more in ...
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Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) Joseph Rawson Lumby. King of Scotland : with all which Kings and States the King was at that time in good peace and amity . At which day also , as if the crown upon his head had put perils into his ...
Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) Joseph Rawson Lumby. King of Scotland : with all which Kings and States the King was at that time in good peace and amity . At which day also , as if the crown upon his head had put perils into his ...
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... King Richard been strongest , and most declared for the King's party , were returned knights and burgesses for the parliament ; whether 5 by care or recommendation from the state , or the voluntary inclination of the people ; many of ...
... King Richard been strongest , and most declared for the King's party , were returned knights and burgesses for the parliament ; whether 5 by care or recommendation from the state , or the voluntary inclination of the people ; many of ...
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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.