History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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Page vii
... given , either in the prosecution of the Earl of Essex , for his part in which he has been severely censured , or in those matters which brought about his fall . But it is due to the memory of so great a man to record that the latest ...
... given , either in the prosecution of the Earl of Essex , for his part in which he has been severely censured , or in those matters which brought about his fall . But it is due to the memory of so great a man to record that the latest ...
Page viii
... given to literature and philosophy , and , among his other works , the " History of King Henry VII " was put forth in 1622. With the exception of Sir Walter Raleigh's " History of the World , " and Knolles ' " History of the Turks ...
... given to literature and philosophy , and , among his other works , the " History of King Henry VII " was put forth in 1622. With the exception of Sir Walter Raleigh's " History of the World , " and Knolles ' " History of the Turks ...
Page xii
... given in a note . It was late in the summer of 1487 that the ambassadors of Charles VIII came to England to pray for the King's assistance for France against Brittany , or at least that he would stand neutral . " Now it is to be noted ...
... given in a note . It was late in the summer of 1487 that the ambassadors of Charles VIII came to England to pray for the King's assistance for France against Brittany , or at least that he would stand neutral . " Now it is to be noted ...
Page xvi
... given . Of course it will be seen that as the reign of Henry commenced Aug. 22nd , 1485 , his first regnal year did not end till Aug. 21st , 1486 , and therefore an event in his first year may have occurred in the latter half of 1485 ...
... given . Of course it will be seen that as the reign of Henry commenced Aug. 22nd , 1485 , his first regnal year did not end till Aug. 21st , 1486 , and therefore an event in his first year may have occurred in the latter half of 1485 ...
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... .able interment to be given to it , yet the religious people themselves , being not free from the humours of the vulgar , neglected it ; wherein nevertheless they did not then incur 20 15 any man's blame or censure : no man thinking.
... .able interment to be given to it , yet the religious people themselves , being not free from the humours of the vulgar , neglected it ; wherein nevertheless they did not then incur 20 15 any man's blame or censure : no man thinking.
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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.