History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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Page v
... death of his father in February , 1578-9 . By this event Bacon was compelled to return to London , and settled down at Gray's Inn to the study of the law as the profession by which he was to live , his father's death having occurred ...
... death of his father in February , 1578-9 . By this event Bacon was compelled to return to London , and settled down at Gray's Inn to the study of the law as the profession by which he was to live , his father's death having occurred ...
Page xi
... Death of King Edward V , and of the usurpation of Richard III . ” Bacon must also have made some use of the manuscript treasures of Sir Robert Cotton , even though under the sentence which was imposed upon him he was excluded from ...
... Death of King Edward V , and of the usurpation of Richard III . ” Bacon must also have made some use of the manuscript treasures of Sir Robert Cotton , even though under the sentence which was imposed upon him he was excluded from ...
Page xiii
... death of the Duke that any new claim was put forward by Charles , and then Henry felt that he must prepare for the helping of Brittany . The speech therefore put into the mouth of Chancellor Morton as uttered at the great council in ...
... death of the Duke that any new claim was put forward by Charles , and then Henry felt that he must prepare for the helping of Brittany . The speech therefore put into the mouth of Chancellor Morton as uttered at the great council in ...
Page xiv
... death of the Duke , and to this treaty Anne of Brittany gave her acceptance in Nov. , 1489. During all this time the project of marriage between Maximilian and Anne was maintained , and it was probably about this period that the proxy ...
... death of the Duke , and to this treaty Anne of Brittany gave her acceptance in Nov. , 1489. During all this time the project of marriage between Maximilian and Anne was maintained , and it was probably about this period that the proxy ...
Page xviii
... Death of the Duke of Brittany Great Council at which the Speech of Chancellor Morton ( p . 53 ) was made Solemn Embassy from England to France Henry's third2 Parliament First succours sent by Henry to Brittany Northern subsidy riot ...
... Death of the Duke of Brittany Great Council at which the Speech of Chancellor Morton ( p . 53 ) was made Solemn Embassy from England to France Henry's third2 Parliament First succours sent by Henry to Brittany Northern subsidy riot ...
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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.