History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... Richard III . ” Bacon must also have made some use of the manuscript treasures of Sir Robert Cotton , even though under the sentence which was imposed upon him he was excluded from London . The result proves abundantly how much greater ...
... Richard III . ” Bacon must also have made some use of the manuscript treasures of Sir Robert Cotton , even though under the sentence which was imposed upon him he was excluded from London . The result proves abundantly how much greater ...
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... Richard , the third of that name , King in fact only , but tyrant both in title and regiment , and so com- monly termed and reputed in all times since , was , by the divine revenge favouring the design of an exiled man , over- thrown ...
... Richard , the third of that name , King in fact only , but tyrant both in title and regiment , and so com- monly termed and reputed in all times since , was , by the divine revenge favouring the design of an exiled man , over- thrown ...
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... Piqueny , as upon all other oc- casions , Richard , then duke of Gloucester , stood ever upon the side of honour , raising his own reputation to the disad- vantage of the King his brother , and drawing the 6 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
... Piqueny , as upon all other oc- casions , Richard , then duke of Gloucester , stood ever upon the side of honour , raising his own reputation to the disad- vantage of the King his brother , and drawing the 6 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
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... Richard wore in the battle and was found amongst the spoils , upon King Henry's head , as if there were his chief title ; yet he remembered well upon 30 what conditions and agreements he was brought in ; and that to claim as conqueror ...
... Richard wore in the battle and was found amongst the spoils , upon King Henry's head , as if there were his chief title ; yet he remembered well upon 30 what conditions and agreements he was brought in ; and that to claim as conqueror ...
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... , where were kept in safe custody , by King Richard's commandment , both the lady Elizabeth , daughter of King Edward , and Edward Plantagenet , son and heir to .10 15 George duke of Clarence . This Edward was HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 9.
... , where were kept in safe custody , by King Richard's commandment , both the lady Elizabeth , daughter of King Edward , and Edward Plantagenet , son and heir to .10 15 George duke of Clarence . This Edward was HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 9.
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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.