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INTRODUCTION . 1 . Of the Author . FRANCIS BACON , afterwards Baron .
Verulam and Viscount St Albans , was born 22nd Jan . , 1560 - 1 , at York House ,
in the Strand . His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon , Queen Elizabeth ' s Lord
Keeper ...
INTRODUCTION . 1 . Of the Author . FRANCIS BACON , afterwards Baron .
Verulam and Viscount St Albans , was born 22nd Jan . , 1560 - 1 , at York House ,
in the Strand . His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon , Queen Elizabeth ' s Lord
Keeper ...
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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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... VII and Elizabeth of York , Jan . 18th , 1485 — 6 . The reason for this notation is
, that the historical year has for a very long period begun on January ist , but the
calculation of years used in ecclesiastical and legal documents made the year to
...
... VII and Elizabeth of York , Jan . 18th , 1485 — 6 . The reason for this notation is
, that the historical year has for a very long period begun on January ist , but the
calculation of years used in ecclesiastical and legal documents made the year to
...
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Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York . 18 Jan . 1485 – 6 . Truce with
Scotland for three years 3 July , 1486 . Birth of Prince Arthur Sept . - - Council at
Shene Feb . 1486 — 7 . Lambert Simnel lands in Lancashire 4 June , 1487 Battle
of ...
Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York . 18 Jan . 1485 – 6 . Truce with
Scotland for three years 3 July , 1486 . Birth of Prince Arthur Sept . - - Council at
Shene Feb . 1486 — 7 . Lambert Simnel lands in Lancashire 4 June , 1487 Battle
of ...
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The first of these was 25 fairest , and most like to give contentment to the people ,
who by two and twenty years reign of King Edward the fourth had been fully
made capable of the clearness of the title of the white rose or house of York ; and
, by ...
The first of these was 25 fairest , and most like to give contentment to the people ,
who by two and twenty years reign of King Edward the fourth had been fully
made capable of the clearness of the title of the white rose or house of York ; and
, by ...
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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...
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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