History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... crown . But taking advantage of the remissness of the Archduke , Charles ef- fected by marriage what he had not been able to achieve by war It was in the winter of this year 1489-90 that the commis- sioners from France came to England ...
... crown . But taking advantage of the remissness of the Archduke , Charles ef- fected by marriage what he had not been able to achieve by war It was in the winter of this year 1489-90 that the commis- sioners from France came to England ...
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... crown . And that out of this deep root of ambition it sprung , that as well at the treaty of peace that passed between Edward 30 the fourth and Lewis the eleventh of France , concluded by interview of both Kings at Piqueny , as upon all ...
... crown . And that out of this deep root of ambition it sprung , that as well at the treaty of peace that passed between Edward 30 the fourth and Lewis the eleventh of France , concluded by interview of both Kings at Piqueny , as upon all ...
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... crown . The first , the title of the lady Elizabeth , with whom , by precedent pact with the party that brought him in , he was to marry . The second , the 20 ancient and long disputed title , both by plea and arms , of the house of ...
... crown . The first , the title of the lady Elizabeth , with whom , by precedent pact with the party that brought him in , he was to marry . The second , the 20 ancient and long disputed title , both by plea and arms , of the house of ...
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... crown by a civil act of estates , and one that holdeth it originally by the law of nature and descent of blood . Neither wanted there even at that time secret rumours and whisperings , which afterwards gathered strength and turned to ...
... crown by a civil act of estates , and one that holdeth it originally by the law of nature and descent of blood . Neither wanted there even at that time secret rumours and whisperings , which afterwards gathered strength and turned to ...
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... crown ; and might have proved a perpetuity , had it not ended in the weakness and inability of the last prince . Whereupon the King presently that very day , being the two and twentieth of August , as- sumed the style of King in his own ...
... crown ; and might have proved a perpetuity , had it not ended in the weakness and inability of the last prince . Whereupon the King presently that very day , being the two and twentieth of August , as- sumed the style of King in his own ...
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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.