History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... Maximilian ; and entertained the King also with some wandering discourses of their 25 King's purposes , to recover by arms his right to the kingdom of Naples , by an expedition in person ; all to remove the King from all jealousy of any ...
... Maximilian ; and entertained the King also with some wandering discourses of their 25 King's purposes , to recover by arms his right to the kingdom of Naples , by an expedition in person ; all to remove the King from all jealousy of any ...
Page 46
... Maximilian . Then he fami- liarly related some particular passages of his own adventures and victory passed . As to the business of Britain , the King answered in few words ; that the French King , and the duke of Britain , were the two ...
... Maximilian . Then he fami- liarly related some particular passages of his own adventures and victory passed . As to the business of Britain , the King answered in few words ; that the French King , and the duke of Britain , were the two ...
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... Maximilian , who was co - rival to the French King in that pursuit , the enterprise would either bow to a peace , or break in itself . In all which the King measured and valued things amiss , as afterwards appeared . He sent 15 ...
... Maximilian , who was co - rival to the French King in that pursuit , the enterprise would either bow to a peace , or break in itself . In all which the King measured and valued things amiss , as afterwards appeared . He sent 15 ...
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... Maximilian King of the Romans was a Prince 25 warlike and potent ; who , he made account , would give succours to the Britons roundly . So then judging it would be a work of time , he laid his plot , how he might best make use of that ...
... Maximilian King of the Romans was a Prince 25 warlike and potent ; who , he made account , would give succours to the Britons roundly . So then judging it would be a work of time , he laid his plot , how he might best make use of that ...
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... Maximilian , who was particularly interested . So that in substance he promised himself money , honour , friends , and peace in the end . But those things were too fine to be fortunate and succeed in all parts ; for that great affairs ...
... Maximilian , who was particularly interested . So that in substance he promised himself money , honour , friends , and peace in the end . But those things were too fine to be fortunate and succeed in all parts ; for that great affairs ...
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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.