History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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Page xi
... treaties and details of negotiation easily accessible , and the Calendars of State Papers form a trusty guide through the maze of conflicting statements . In several places in the notes such errors as have , from this want of ...
... treaties and details of negotiation easily accessible , and the Calendars of State Papers form a trusty guide through the maze of conflicting statements . In several places in the notes such errors as have , from this want of ...
Page xiii
... treaty of Verger ( 21 Aug. , 1488 ) hostilities between France and Brittany were brought to a close . It was in the following November , " after keeping his All Hallow - tide at Windsor " ( see Herald's narrative , Cott . MSS . Jul ...
... treaty of Verger ( 21 Aug. , 1488 ) hostilities between France and Brittany were brought to a close . It was in the following November , " after keeping his All Hallow - tide at Windsor " ( see Herald's narrative , Cott . MSS . Jul ...
Page xiv
... 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. During all this time the project ...
... 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. During all this time the project ...
Page xv
... treaty of Frankfort , and in February , 1490-1 , made himself master of the town of Nantes , the siege of which on a former occasion he had been obliged to raise . ( See Rymer , 12 June , 1490 , for an account of the commencement of ...
... treaty of Frankfort , and in February , 1490-1 , made himself master of the town of Nantes , the siege of which on a former occasion he had been obliged to raise . ( See Rymer , 12 June , 1490 , for an account of the commencement of ...
Page xvi
... treaty of Estaples was concluded on Sunday , Nov. 3 , 1492. For the better ap- preciation of the sequence of events throughout the reign a table is appended of the principal events of the reign of Henry VII , ranged according to the ...
... treaty of Estaples was concluded on Sunday , Nov. 3 , 1492. For the better ap- preciation of the sequence of events throughout the reign a table is appended of the principal events of the reign of Henry VII , ranged according to the ...
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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.