History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... examinations left the business somewhat perplexed . And as for Sir James Tirrel , he was soon after beheaded in the Tower - yard for other matters of treason . But John Dighton , who , it seemeth , spake best for the King , was forth- 5 ...
... examinations left the business somewhat perplexed . And as for Sir James Tirrel , he was soon after beheaded in the Tower - yard for other matters of treason . But John Dighton , who , it seemeth , spake best for the King , was forth- 5 ...
Page 116
... examination , and so might receive the more or the less , but by court - fames , 30 which commonly print better than printed proclamations . Then thought he it also time to send an ambassage unto archduke Philip into Flanders , for the ...
... examination , and so might receive the more or the less , but by court - fames , 30 which commonly print better than printed proclamations . Then thought he it also time to send an ambassage unto archduke Philip into Flanders , for the ...
Page 120
... examination , but came not 30 to public trial . The lord chamberlain at that time was not touched ; whether it were that the King would not stir too many humours at once , but , after the manner of good physicians , purge the head last ...
... examination , but came not 30 to public trial . The lord chamberlain at that time was not touched ; whether it were that the King would not stir too many humours at once , but , after the manner of good physicians , purge the head last ...
Page 122
... examination he denied little of that wherewith he was charged , nor endeavoured much to excuse or ex- tenuate his fault : so that , not very wisely , thinking to make his offence less by confession , he made it enough 25 for ...
... examination he denied little of that wherewith he was charged , nor endeavoured much to excuse or ex- tenuate his fault : so that , not very wisely , thinking to make his offence less by confession , he made it enough 25 for ...
Page 127
... examination , he cleared himself so well , as he was replaced in his government . But Poynings , the better to make compensation of the meagreness of his 25 service in the wars by acts of peace , called a parliament ; where was made ...
... examination , he cleared himself so well , as he was replaced in his government . But Poynings , the better to make compensation of the meagreness of his 25 service in the wars by acts of peace , called a parliament ; where was made ...
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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.