History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... and ultimately became one of the judges of the Sheriff's Court . His History of the " Union of the Two Noble and Illustre families of Lancastre and Yorke " brings the plied him with material which he used in such wise X INTRODUCTION .
... and ultimately became one of the judges of the Sheriff's Court . His History of the " Union of the Two Noble and Illustre families of Lancastre and Yorke " brings the plied him with material which he used in such wise X INTRODUCTION .
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... courts of law this day would be entered as part of the year 1485. To express this the form 1485-6 is used . It will be seen that in the notes large use has been made of the Latin translation of the Life of Henry VIIth , which was ...
... courts of law this day would be entered as part of the year 1485. To express this the form 1485-6 is used . It will be seen that in the notes large use has been made of the Latin translation of the Life of Henry VIIth , which was ...
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... court where infinite eyes had been upon him . For King Edward , touched with remorse of his brother the duke of Clarence's death , would not indeed restore his son , of whom we speak , 5 to be duke of Clarence , but yet created him earl ...
... court where infinite eyes had been upon him . For King Edward , touched with remorse of his brother the duke of Clarence's death , would not indeed restore his son , of whom we speak , 5 to be duke of Clarence , but yet created him earl ...
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... court to a base office in his kitchen ; so that , in a kind of mattacina of human fortune , he turned a broach , that had worn a crown ; whereas fortune commonly doth not bring in a comedy or farce after a tragedy . And 10 afterwards he ...
... court to a base office in his kitchen ; so that , in a kind of mattacina of human fortune , he turned a broach , that had worn a crown ; whereas fortune commonly doth not bring in a comedy or farce after a tragedy . And 10 afterwards he ...
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... court of a young King , and partly by the native power of Britain itself , which was not small ; but chiefly in respect of the great party that the duke of Orleans had in the kingdom of France , and thereby means to stir up civil ...
... court of a young King , and partly by the native power of Britain itself , which was not small ; but chiefly in respect of the great party that the duke of Orleans had in the kingdom of France , and thereby means to stir up civil ...
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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.