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J. RAWSON LUMBY , B.D. FELLOW OF ST CATHARINE'S COLLEGE , AND LATE FELLOW OF MAGDALENE COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE . OTH EDITED FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS . Preps . JAN 1878 EDDLEIANOS Cambridge : AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS .
J. RAWSON LUMBY , B.D. FELLOW OF ST CATHARINE'S COLLEGE , AND LATE FELLOW OF MAGDALENE COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE . OTH EDITED FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS . Preps . JAN 1878 EDDLEIANOS Cambridge : AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS .
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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 that in Bacon's ...
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 that in Bacon's ...
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60—61 ) of Henry's conduct in sending succours to Brittany immediately after the battle of St Aubin , which succours came too late , and returned almost immediately , is entirely incorrect . No English troops , except those with Lord ...
60—61 ) of Henry's conduct in sending succours to Brittany immediately after the battle of St Aubin , which succours came too late , and returned almost immediately , is entirely incorrect . No English troops , except those with Lord ...
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But on the part of the King's enemies there were by parliament attainted , the late duke of Glocester , calling himself Richard the third ; the duke of Norfolk , the earl of Surrey , viscount Lovel , the lord Ferrers , the lord Zouch 16 ...
But on the part of the King's enemies there were by parliament attainted , the late duke of Glocester , calling himself Richard the third ; the duke of Norfolk , the earl of Surrey , viscount Lovel , the lord Ferrers , the lord Zouch 16 ...
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This is that which , as was touched before , seemeth scarcely credible ; not that a false person should be assumed to gain a kingdom , for it hath been seen in ancient and late times ; nor that it should 15 come into the mind of such an ...
This is that which , as was touched before , seemeth scarcely credible ; not that a false person should be assumed to gain a kingdom , for it hath been seen in ancient and late times ; nor that it should 15 come into the mind of such an ...
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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...
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.
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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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