Historical Remarks on the Ancient and Present State of the Cities of London and Westminister: With an Account of the Most Considerable Occurrences, Revolutions and Transactions ... which Have Happened in and about These Cities ...till the Year 1681 |
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were sent for to beat it down , he surrendered himself , and was sent to the Tower
, where he was afterward belieaded ; but might have hept his head longer on ,
had he not been betrayed by Lady Walsingham ; to whom after his condemnation
...
were sent for to beat it down , he surrendered himself , and was sent to the Tower
, where he was afterward belieaded ; but might have hept his head longer on ,
had he not been betrayed by Lady Walsingham ; to whom after his condemnation
...
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Upon which , ambassadors were again sent with fresh lamentations to Rome ,
beseeching them not to suffer their miserable country to be wholy destroyed ; the
Romans then sent them another legion , who coming suddenly , surprised their ...
Upon which , ambassadors were again sent with fresh lamentations to Rome ,
beseeching them not to suffer their miserable country to be wholy destroyed ; the
Romans then sent them another legion , who coming suddenly , surprised their ...
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Amongst whom , one named Constantine Fitz Aelufe boldly avowed , that he was
the man , and had done much less than he thought to have done ; whereupon the
Chief Justice sent him , with two others to Falks de Brent , who with armed men ...
Amongst whom , one named Constantine Fitz Aelufe boldly avowed , that he was
the man , and had done much less than he thought to have done ; whereupon the
Chief Justice sent him , with two others to Falks de Brent , who with armed men ...
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In this year 1639 , a Spanish fleet of near seventy sail , and twenty five thousand
men , designed to be landed at Dunkirk for the relief of Flanders , were set upon
by the Dutch in the Downs , and eleven of them taken and sent into Holland ...
In this year 1639 , a Spanish fleet of near seventy sail , and twenty five thousand
men , designed to be landed at Dunkirk for the relief of Flanders , were set upon
by the Dutch in the Downs , and eleven of them taken and sent into Holland ...
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of York was carried to St. James's , where he met with his stster the Princess
Henrietta Maria , who had been sent thither from the surrender of Exeter , but was
shortly after conveyed over into France by her governess the Lady Dalkeith .
Oxford ...
of York was carried to St. James's , where he met with his stster the Princess
Henrietta Maria , who had been sent thither from the surrender of Exeter , but was
shortly after conveyed over into France by her governess the Lady Dalkeith .
Oxford ...
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| Title | Historical Remarks on the Ancient and Present State of the Cities of London and Westminister: With an Account of the Most Considerable Occurrences, Revolutions and Transactions ... which Have Happened in and about These Cities ...till the Year 1681 |
| Author | R. B. |
| Publisher | M. Stace, 1810 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 178 pages |
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