History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... doubt ) by this assembly , for a commission for levying them exists dated 7th July , 1491. The narrative of Bacon is easily intelligible from this point ( p . 93 ) . The par- liament when it assembled was in every sense merely a war ...
... doubt ) by this assembly , for a commission for levying them exists dated 7th July , 1491. The narrative of Bacon is easily intelligible from this point ( p . 93 ) . The par- liament when it assembled was in every sense merely a war ...
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... own turn , some hopes , in case he obtained the kingdom , to marry Anne , in- heritress to the duchy of Britain , whom Charles the eighth of France soon after married , it bred some doubt HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . Il.
... own turn , some hopes , in case he obtained the kingdom , to marry Anne , in- heritress to the duchy of Britain , whom Charles the eighth of France soon after married , it bred some doubt HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . Il.
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... doubt and sus- picion amongst divers that he was not sincere , or at least not fixed in going on with the match of England so much desired : which conceit also , though it were but talk and 5 discourse , did much afflict the poor lady ...
... doubt and sus- picion amongst divers that he was not sincere , or at least not fixed in going on with the match of England so much desired : which conceit also , though it were but talk and 5 discourse , did much afflict the poor lady ...
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... doubt- 10 ful , or having it then in fact and possession , which no man denied , was left fair to interpretation either way . And again , for the limitation of the entail , he did not press it to go farther than to himself and to the ...
... doubt- 10 ful , or having it then in fact and possession , which no man denied , was left fair to interpretation either way . And again , for the limitation of the entail , he did not press it to go farther than to himself and to the ...
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... doubts than assurance . Thus was fuel prepared for the ' spark the spark , that afterwards kindled such a fire and combustion , was at the first contemptible . There was a subtle priest called Richard Simon ' , 22 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII ...
... doubts than assurance . Thus was fuel prepared for the ' spark the spark , that afterwards kindled such a fire and combustion , was at the first contemptible . There was a subtle priest called Richard Simon ' , 22 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII ...
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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.