History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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Page vii
... matters which brought about his fall . But it is due to the memory of so great a man to record that the latest and most complete examinations into his whole conduct prove that neither in one case nor in the other does Bacon deserve the ...
... matters which brought about his fall . But it is due to the memory of so great a man to record that the latest and most complete examinations into his whole conduct prove that neither in one case nor in the other does Bacon deserve the ...
Page xi
... matters from Sir Thomas More's1 " History of the Life and Death of King Edward V , and of the usurpation of Richard III . ” Bacon must also have made some use of the manuscript treasures of Sir Robert Cotton , even though under the ...
... matters from Sir Thomas More's1 " History of the Life and Death of King Edward V , and of the usurpation of Richard III . ” Bacon must also have made some use of the manuscript treasures of Sir Robert Cotton , even though under the ...
Page xii
... matters concerning the sound rule of peace in that land , ” and at the same place is found a list of general pardons for Irishmen . So that Henry's mind was full of his own affairs at the time of the French embassy . But he sent Urswick ...
... matters concerning the sound rule of peace in that land , ” and at the same place is found a list of general pardons for Irishmen . So that Henry's mind was full of his own affairs at the time of the French embassy . But he sent Urswick ...
Page xiii
... matter of Brittany . For the duke of Brittany had died on Sept. 9th , 1488 , and Charles's claim of wardship now began to be asserted over the young duchess Anne . We find from Rymer ( XII . 347 seqq . ) that ambassadors were sent in ...
... matter of Brittany . For the duke of Brittany had died on Sept. 9th , 1488 , and Charles's claim of wardship now began to be asserted over the young duchess Anne . We find from Rymer ( XII . 347 seqq . ) that ambassadors were sent in ...
Page xv
... matters to an end , so far as the possession of Brittany was concerned . The proceedings of the year and a quarter which intervened between these two dates seem to have been somewhat as follows . The Duchess on the strength of the proxy ...
... matters to an end , so far as the possession of Brittany was concerned . The proceedings of the year and a quarter which intervened between these two dates seem to have been somewhat as follows . The Duchess on the strength of the proxy ...
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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.