History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... forces against the King's enemies congregating on the sea . Now that 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 ...
... forces against the King's enemies congregating on the sea . Now that 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 ...
Page xiv
... force , which arrived in Brittany in April , 1489 , and was acting in behalf of the duchy , while other English succours were engaged in Flanders in the cause of Maximilian . We learn also from Rymer ( XII . 337 ) that in the August of ...
... force , which arrived in Brittany in April , 1489 , and was acting in behalf of the duchy , while other English succours were engaged in Flanders in the cause of Maximilian . We learn also from Rymer ( XII . 337 ) that in the August of ...
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... forces to resist the rebels , than of the resistance itself ; for that he was in a core of people , whose affections he suspected . But the action enduring no delay , he did speedily levy and send 30 against the lord Lovel , to the ...
... forces to resist the rebels , than of the resistance itself ; for that he was in a core of people , whose affections he suspected . But the action enduring no delay , he did speedily levy and send 30 against the lord Lovel , to the ...
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... forces , hearing what had happened to the lord Lovel , in whose success their chief trust was , de- spaired and dispersed . The two brothers taking sanctuary at Colnham , a village near Abingdon ; which place , upon 15 view of their ...
... forces , hearing what had happened to the lord Lovel , in whose success their chief trust was , de- spaired and dispersed . The two brothers taking sanctuary at Colnham , a village near Abingdon ; which place , upon 15 view of their ...
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... forces . Neither did the earl refrain the business , for that he knew the pretended Plantagenet to be but an idol . But contrariwise , he was more glad it should be the false Plantagenet than the true ; because the false being sure to ...
... forces . Neither did the earl refrain the business , for that he knew the pretended Plantagenet to be but an idol . But contrariwise , he was more glad it should be the false Plantagenet than the true ; because the false being sure to ...
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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.