History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 56
Page xiv
... give back to Brittany all the towns which had been taken since the death of the Duke , and to this treaty Anne of Brittany gave her acceptance in Nov. , 1489. During all this time the project of marriage between Maximilian and Anne was ...
... give back to Brittany all the towns which had been taken since the death of the Duke , and to this treaty Anne of Brittany gave her acceptance in Nov. , 1489. During all this time the project of marriage between Maximilian and Anne was ...
Page 7
... give contentment to the people , who by two and twenty years reign of King Edward the fourth had been fully made capable of the clearness of the title of the white rose or house of York ; and , by the mild and plausible reign of the ...
... give contentment to the people , who by two and twenty years reign of King Edward the fourth had been fully made capable of the clearness of the title of the white rose or house of York ; and , by the mild and plausible reign of the ...
Page 8
... give place and be removed . And though he should obtain by parliament to be continued , yet he knew there was a very great difference between a King that holdeth his crown by a civil act of estates , and one that holdeth it originally ...
... give place and be removed . And though he should obtain by parliament to be continued , yet he knew there was a very great difference between a King that holdeth his crown by a civil act of estates , and one that holdeth it originally ...
Page 12
... give any countenance of participation of title ; the other , lest in the entailing of the crown to himself , which he hoped to obtain by parliament , the votes of the parliament might any ways 15 reflect upon her . About this time in ...
... give any countenance of participation of title ; the other , lest in the entailing of the crown to himself , which he hoped to obtain by parliament , the votes of the parliament might any ways 15 reflect upon her . About this time in ...
Page 22
... give light one to another , and , as we can , dig truth out of the mine . The King was green in his estate ; and , contrary to his own opinion and desert both , was not without much hatred throughout the realm . The root of all was the ...
... give light one to another , and , as we can , dig truth out of the mine . The King was green in his estate ; and , contrary to his own opinion and desert both , was not without much hatred throughout the realm . The root of all was the ...
Common terms and phrases
affection afterwards ambassadors Anne of Brittany arms Bacon battle better bishop blood Britain Brittany called Cambridge Castile cause Charles common continued council court crown danger daughter death desire doubt duke earl Edward England English Examination father forces fortune France French French King give given hand hath Henry Henry VII History honour Ireland Italy James John kind King King Henry King's kingdom lady land late Latin likewise lived London lord manner March marriage married matter Maximilian means nature nevertheless parliament party passed peace Perkin person Pope present Price Prince principal Queen reason rebels received reign Richard says Scotland sent side soon statute subjects taken things Thomas thought took town treaty University unto York
Popular passages
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.