History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... party that brought him in , he was to marry . The second , the 20 ancient and long disputed title , both by plea and arms , of the house of Lancaster , to which he was inheritor in his own person . The third , the title of the sword or ...
... party that brought him in , he was to marry . The second , the 20 ancient and long disputed title , both by plea and arms , of the house of Lancaster , to which he was inheritor in his own person . The third , the title of the sword or ...
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... put as well his own party , as the rest , into terror and fear ; as that which gave him power of disannulling of laws , and disposing of mens for- tunes and estates , and the like points of absolute 8 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
... put as well his own party , as the rest , into terror and fear ; as that which gave him power of disannulling of laws , and disposing of mens for- tunes and estates , and the like points of absolute 8 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
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... party than of the King . For the lady Elizabeth , she received also a direction to repair with all convenient speed to London , and there to remain with the Queen dowager her mother ; which accord- ingly she soon after did , accompanied ...
... party than of the King . For the lady Elizabeth , she received also a direction to repair with all convenient speed to London , and there to remain with the Queen dowager her mother ; which accord- ingly she soon after did , accompanied ...
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... party , which were in no small number , reversed , and all acts of hostility by them done in his quarrel remitted and discharged ; and on the other side , 20 to attaint by parliament the heads and principals of his enemies . The third ...
... party , which were in no small number , reversed , and all acts of hostility by them done in his quarrel remitted and discharged ; and on the other side , 20 to attaint by parliament the heads and principals of his enemies . The third ...
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... party , were returned knights and burgesses for the parliament ; whether 5 by care or recommendation from the state , or the voluntary inclination of the people ; many of which had been by Richard the third attainted by outlawries , or ...
... party , were returned knights and burgesses for the parliament ; whether 5 by care or recommendation from the state , or the voluntary inclination of the people ; many of which had been by Richard the third attainted by outlawries , or ...
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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.