History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... of these events the editor desires here to make very full acknowledgment . Mr Spedding's notes leave little to be said on points connected with the elucidation of the history . on Sept. 9 , 1492 ( p . 100 ) INTRODUCTION . XV.
... of these events the editor desires here to make very full acknowledgment . Mr Spedding's notes leave little to be said on points connected with the elucidation of the history . on Sept. 9 , 1492 ( p . 100 ) INTRODUCTION . XV.
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... desire to make a peace with the King ; yet finding his nobles averse , and not daring to displease them , concluded only a truce 30 for seven years ; giving nevertheless promise in private , that it should be renewed from time to time ...
... desire to make a peace with the King ; yet finding his nobles averse , and not daring to displease them , concluded only a truce 30 for seven years ; giving nevertheless promise in private , that it should be renewed from time to time ...
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... desires ( as well for the duchy , as the daughter ) feeble in means ; and King 5 Henry of England as well somewhat obnoxious to him for his favours and benefits , as busied in his particular troubles at home . There was also a fair and ...
... desires ( as well for the duchy , as the daughter ) feeble in means ; and King 5 Henry of England as well somewhat obnoxious to him for his favours and benefits , as busied in his particular troubles at home . There was also a fair and ...
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... desire , took hold of them , and said ; That the ambassador 10 might perceive now that , which he for his part partly imagined before . That considering in what hands the duke of Britain was , there would be no peace , but by a mixed ...
... desire , took hold of them , and said ; That the ambassador 10 might perceive now that , which he for his part partly imagined before . That considering in what hands the duke of Britain was , there would be no peace , but by a mixed ...
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... desire him to make an end of the business howsoever . The King was no less ready to revive and quicken the 5 treaty ; and thereupon sent three commissioners , the abbot of Abingdon , Sir Richard Tunstal , and chaplain Urswick formerly ...
... desire him to make an end of the business howsoever . The King was no less ready to revive and quicken the 5 treaty ; and thereupon sent three commissioners , the abbot of Abingdon , Sir Richard Tunstal , and chaplain Urswick formerly ...
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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.