History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... Italy . For at that time , being newly come to the crown , he was somewhat guided by his father's counsels , counsels not counsellors , for his father was his own council , and had few able men about him . And that King , he knew well ...
... Italy . For at that time , being newly come to the crown , he was somewhat guided by his father's counsels , counsels not counsellors , for his father was his own council , and had few able men about him . And that King , he knew well ...
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... Italy towards the greater ; " and so of Germany ; or as if some of you of the cominons 25 " might not live and dwell safely besides some of these great lords . And the bringing in of this example will be ' chiefly laid to the King's ...
... Italy towards the greater ; " and so of Germany ; or as if some of you of the cominons 25 " might not live and dwell safely besides some of these great lords . And the bringing in of this example will be ' chiefly laid to the King's ...
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... Italian legate , and perhaps as those times were , might have prevailed more , it came too late for the ambassy , but not ... Italy . Nevertheless , in the end of his time , he was partaker of the conspiracy , which cardinal Al- phonso ...
... Italian legate , and perhaps as those times were , might have prevailed more , it came too late for the ambassy , but not ... Italy . Nevertheless , in the end of his time , he was partaker of the conspiracy , which cardinal Al- phonso ...
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... Italy , and some other parts abroad , where in effect all is noblesse or peasantry , I speak of people out of towns , and no middle people ; and therefore no good forces of foot : inso- much as they are enforced to employ mercenary ...
... Italy , and some other parts abroad , where in effect all is noblesse or peasantry , I speak of people out of towns , and no middle people ; and therefore no good forces of foot : inso- much as they are enforced to employ mercenary ...
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... Italy . The lords of the coun- cil were silent ; and said only , “ That they knew the ambas- " sadors would look for no answer , till they had reported to " the King ; " and so they rose from council . The King 25 could not well tell ...
... Italy . The lords of the coun- cil were silent ; and said only , “ That they knew the ambas- " sadors would look for no answer , till they had reported to " the King ; " and so they rose from council . The King 25 could not well tell ...
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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.