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1487--8 ) of 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 ...
1487--8 ) of 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 ...
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No English troops , except those with Lord Woodville , had been sent at all , nor was Henry in a position to send any till the commencement of the next year , when he did dispatch a force , which arrived in Brittany in April ...
No English troops , except those with Lord Woodville , had been sent at all , nor was Henry in a position to send any till the commencement of the next year , when he did dispatch a force , which arrived in Brittany in April ...
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But he was more doubtful of the raising of 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 ...
But he was more doubtful of the raising of 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 ...
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The Staffords likewise , and their forces , hearing what had happened to the lord Lovel , in whose success their chief trust was , despaired and dispersed . The two brothers taking sanctuary at Colnham , a village near Abingdon ; which ...
The Staffords likewise , and their forces , hearing what had happened to the lord Lovel , in whose success their chief trust was , despaired and dispersed . The two brothers taking sanctuary at Colnham , a village near Abingdon ; which ...
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... which was but a bubble , but upon letters from the lady Margaret of Burgundy , in whose succours and declaration for the enterprise there seemed to be a more solid foundation , both for repu- 15 tation and forces .
... which was but a bubble , but upon letters from the lady Margaret of Burgundy , in whose succours and declaration for the enterprise there seemed to be a more solid foundation , both for repu- 15 tation and forces .
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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...
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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.
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| Title | History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby Pitt press series |
| Author | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) |
| Editor | Joseph Rawson Lumby |
| Published | 1876 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2006 |
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