History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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Page xii
... 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 over to France and to Brittany ...
... 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 over to France and to Brittany ...
Page xiv
... peace with Maximilian at the treaty of Frankfort , and agreed thereby to 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 ...
... peace with Maximilian at the treaty of Frankfort , and agreed thereby to 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 ...
Page xvi
... peace between Ferdinand and Charles , made the overtures of peace from the French king and the conditions therein contained appear , as Bacon has it , " to the king's taste . " The treaty of Estaples was concluded on Sunday , Nov. 3 ...
... peace between Ferdinand and Charles , made the overtures of peace from the French king and the conditions therein contained appear , as Bacon has it , " to the king's taste . " The treaty of Estaples was concluded on Sunday , Nov. 3 ...
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... peace that passed between Edward the fourth and Lewis the eleventh of France , concluded by interview of both Kings at Piqueny , as upon all other oc- casions , Richard , then duke of Gloucester , stood ever upon the side of honour ...
... peace that passed between Edward the fourth and Lewis the eleventh of France , concluded by interview of both Kings at Piqueny , as upon all other oc- casions , Richard , then duke of Gloucester , stood ever upon the side of honour ...
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... peace and assurance . He entered the city upon a Saturday , as he had also ob- tained the victory upon a Saturday ; which day of the week , 10 first upon an observation , and after upon memory and fancy , he accounted and chose as a day ...
... peace and assurance . He entered the city upon a Saturday , as he had also ob- tained the victory upon a Saturday ; which day of the week , 10 first upon an observation , and after upon memory and fancy , he accounted and chose as a day ...
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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.