History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... father was Sir Nicholas Bacon , Queen Elizabeth's Lord Keeper , and his mother , who was the second wife of Sir Nicholas , was Anne , daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke . She was a lady of considerable learning , as was shewn by her ...
... father was Sir Nicholas Bacon , Queen Elizabeth's Lord Keeper , and his mother , who was the second wife of Sir Nicholas , was Anne , daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke . She was a lady of considerable learning , as was shewn by her ...
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... father : But it is not amiss for you also to see one of these ancient pieces . God preserve your Highness . Your Highness's most humble and devoted servant , FRANCIS ST . ALBAN . THE HISTORY of the REIGN OF King HENRY the Seventh 4 ...
... father : But it is not amiss for you also to see one of these ancient pieces . God preserve your Highness . Your Highness's most humble and devoted servant , FRANCIS ST . ALBAN . THE HISTORY of the REIGN OF King HENRY the Seventh 4 ...
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... father and yourself ; and was that 5 King to whom both unions may in a sort refer : that of the roses being in him consummate , and that of the kingdoms by him begun : besides , his times deserve it . For he was a wise man , and an ...
... father and yourself ; and was that 5 King to whom both unions may in a sort refer : that of the roses being in him consummate , and that of the kingdoms by him begun : besides , his times deserve it . For he was a wise man , and an ...
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... father : But it is not amiss for you also to see one of these ancient pieces . God preserve your Highness . Your Highness's most humble and devoted servant , FRANCIS ST . ALBAN . THE HISTORY of the REIGN OF King HENRY the Seventh 4 ...
... father : But it is not amiss for you also to see one of these ancient pieces . God preserve your Highness . Your Highness's most humble and devoted servant , FRANCIS ST . ALBAN . THE HISTORY of the REIGN OF King HENRY the Seventh 4 ...
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... father - in - law , earl of Derby ; and Edward Courtney , earl of Devon ; though the King had then nevertheless a purpose in himself to make more in time of Parliament ; bearing a wise and decent 25 respect to distribute his creations ...
... father - in - law , earl of Derby ; and Edward Courtney , earl of Devon ; though the King had then nevertheless a purpose in himself to make more in time of Parliament ; bearing a wise and decent 25 respect to distribute his creations ...
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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.