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But he was more doubtful of the raising of forces to resist the rebels , than of the resistance itself ; for that he was in a core of people , whose affections he suspected . But the action enduring no delay , he did speedily levy and ...
But he was more doubtful of the raising of forces to resist the rebels , than of the resistance itself ; for that he was in a core of people , whose affections he suspected . But the action enduring no delay , he did speedily levy and ...
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Mean while the rebels in Ireland had sent privy messengers both into England and into Flanders , who in both 25 places had wrought effects of no small importance . For in England they won to their party John earl of Lincoln , son of ...
Mean while the rebels in Ireland had sent privy messengers both into England and into Flanders , who in both 25 places had wrought effects of no small importance . For in England they won to their party John earl of Lincoln , son of ...
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... where he visited our lady's church , famous for miracles , and made his prayers and vows for help and deliverance . And from thence he returned by Cambridge to London . Not long after the rebels , 34 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
... where he visited our lady's church , famous for miracles , and made his prayers and vows for help and deliverance . And from thence he returned by Cambridge to London . Not long after the rebels , 34 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
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Not long after the rebels , with their King , under the leading of the earl of Lincoln , the earl of Kildare , the lord Lovel , and colonel Swart , landed at Fouldrey in Lancashire ; whither there repaired to them Sir Thomas Broughton ...
Not long after the rebels , with their King , under the leading of the earl of Lincoln , the earl of Kildare , the lord Lovel , and colonel Swart , landed at Fouldrey in Lancashire ; whither there repaired to them Sir Thomas Broughton ...
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But the King was somewhat before this time come to Nottingham , where he called a council of war , at which was consulted whether it were best to protract 10 time , or speedily to set upon the rebels . In which council the King himself ...
But the King was somewhat before this time come to Nottingham , where he called a council of war , at which was consulted whether it were best to protract 10 time , or speedily to set upon the rebels . In which council the King himself ...
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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...
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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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