History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... danger apprehended was connected with Ireland we may gather from subsequent entries where mention is made ( May 25th ) of those who come from Ireland to treat on matters concerning the sound rule of peace in that land , " and at the ...
... danger apprehended was connected with Ireland we may gather from subsequent entries where mention is made ( May 25th ) of those who come from Ireland to treat on matters concerning the sound rule of peace in that land , " and at the ...
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... danger a King stands from his subjects , when most of his subjects are conscious in themselves that they stand in his danger . Unto these three special motives of a parliament was added , that he , as a prudent and moderate Prince ...
... danger a King stands from his subjects , when most of his subjects are conscious in themselves that they stand in his danger . Unto these three special motives of a parliament was added , that he , as a prudent and moderate Prince ...
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... danger had taught him what to do . But much more when it was spread abroad , whether by error , or the cunning of malcontents , that the King had a purpose 20 to put to death Edward Plantagenet closely in the Tower : whose case was so ...
... danger had taught him what to do . But much more when it was spread abroad , whether by error , or the cunning of malcontents , that the King had a purpose 20 to put to death Edward Plantagenet closely in the Tower : whose case was so ...
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... danger . But to return to the narration itself : Simon did first instruct his scholar for the part of Richard , duke of York , second son to King Edward the fourth ; and this was at such time as it was voiced , that the King purposed to ...
... danger . But to return to the narration itself : Simon did first instruct his scholar for the part of Richard , duke of York , second son to King Edward the fourth ; and this was at such time as it was voiced , that the King purposed to ...
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... dangers were not from the least treasons , but from the greatest . These resolutions of the King and his council were immediately 20 put in execution . And first , the Queen dowager was put into the monastery of Bermondsey , and all her ...
... dangers were not from the least treasons , but from the greatest . These resolutions of the King and his council were immediately 20 put in execution . And first , the Queen dowager was put into the monastery of Bermondsey , and all her ...
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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.