History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... likewise , and as Bacon's narrative represents the story ( p . 49 ) , it was after the mission of Urswick that the siege of Nantes took place . But we know now that the siege of Nantes was commenced on June 19th , 1487 ( only three days ...
... likewise , and as Bacon's narrative represents the story ( p . 49 ) , it was after the mission of Urswick that the siege of Nantes took place . But we know now that the siege of Nantes was commenced on June 19th , 1487 ( only three days ...
Page xiii
... likewise ( p . 60 ) about the sending of new solemn ambassadors to France just at the time of the battle of St Aubin is another error . These ambassadors ( Urswick and Frion being members of the embassy ) were sent Dec. 11th , 1488 , to ...
... likewise ( p . 60 ) about the sending of new solemn ambassadors to France just at the time of the battle of St Aubin is another error . These ambassadors ( Urswick and Frion being members of the embassy ) were sent Dec. 11th , 1488 , to ...
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... likewise a good law - maker , for the ease and solace of the common people ; yet his cruelties and parricides , in the opinion of all men , weighed down his virtues and merits ; and , in the opinion of wise men , even those virtues ...
... likewise a good law - maker , for the ease and solace of the common people ; yet his cruelties and parricides , in the opinion of all men , weighed down his virtues and merits ; and , in the opinion of wise men , even those virtues ...
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... likewise , in the reversal of the attainders of his partakers , and discharging them of all offences incident to his service and succour , had his will ; and acts did pass accordingly . In the passage whereof , exception was taken to ...
... likewise , in the reversal of the attainders of his partakers , and discharging them of all offences incident to his service and succour , had his will ; and acts did pass accordingly . In the passage whereof , exception was taken to ...
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... likewise was attainted ? But it was with unanimous consent resolved , " That the crown takes away all defects and stops in blood : and that from the time the King did 25 assume the crown , the fountain was cleared , and all attain- ders ...
... likewise was attainted ? But it was with unanimous consent resolved , " That the crown takes away all defects and stops in blood : and that from the time the King did 25 assume the crown , the fountain was cleared , and all attain- ders ...
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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.