History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... of his many disorders , could not be of long 25 life , but was like to leave his sons of tender years ; and then he knew well , how easy a step it was , from the place of a protector and first Prince of the blood to the crown .
... of his many disorders , could not be of long 25 life , but was like to leave his sons of tender years ; and then he knew well , how easy a step it was , from the place of a protector and first Prince of the blood to the crown .
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... obtain by parliament to be continued , yet he knew there was a very great difference between a King that holdeth his crown by a civil act of estates , and one that holdeth it originally by the law of nature and descent of blood .
... obtain by parliament to be continued , yet he knew there was a very great difference between a King that holdeth his crown by a civil act of estates , and one that holdeth it originally by the law of nature and descent of blood .
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... and knowing there could not be any interreign or suspension 10 of title , and preferring his affection to his own line and blood , and liking that title best which made him indepen- dent ; and being in his nature and constitution of ...
... and knowing there could not be any interreign or suspension 10 of title , and preferring his affection to his own line and blood , and liking that title best which made him indepen- dent ; and being in his nature and constitution of ...
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But it was with unanimous consent resolved , " That the crown takes away all defects and stops in blood : and that from the time the King did 25 assume the crown , the fountain was cleared , and all attain- ders and corruption of blood ...
But it was with unanimous consent resolved , " That the crown takes away all defects and stops in blood : and that from the time the King did 25 assume the crown , the fountain was cleared , and all attain- ders and corruption of blood ...
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... with that of Edward the fourth's children , in respect of the blood , like age , and the very place of the Tower , as it did refresh and reflect upon the King a most odious resemblance , as if he would be 25 another King Richard .
... with that of Edward the fourth's children , in respect of the blood , like age , and the very place of the Tower , as it did refresh and reflect upon the King a most odious resemblance , as if he would be 25 another King Richard .
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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.
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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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