History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... York , held then the indubitate 20 heirs of the crown . So that if he should have no issue by 25 the lady Elizabeth , which should be descendants of the double line , then the ancient flames of discord and intestine wars , upon the ...
... York , held then the indubitate 20 heirs of the crown . So that if he should have no issue by 25 the lady Elizabeth , which should be descendants of the double line , then the ancient flames of discord and intestine wars , upon the ...
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... York . Wherein still the King , out of strength of will or weakness of judg- ment , did use to shew a little more of the party than of the King . 15 For For the lady Elizabeth , she received also a direction to repair with all ...
... York . Wherein still the King , out of strength of will or weakness of judg- ment , did use to shew a little more of the party than of the King . 15 For For the lady Elizabeth , she received also a direction to repair with all ...
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... York . And in this form was the law drawn and passed . Which statute he procured to be confirmed by the Pope's bull the year following , with mention nevertheless , by 20 way of recital , of his other titles , both of descent and con ...
... York . And in this form was the law drawn and passed . Which statute he procured to be confirmed by the Pope's bull the year following , with mention nevertheless , by 20 way of recital , of his other titles , both of descent and con ...
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... York was so predominant in him , as it found place not only in his wars and councils , but in his chamber and bed . Towards the middle of the spring , the King , full of con- fidence and assurance , as a prince that had been victorious ...
... York was so predominant in him , as it found place not only in his wars and councils , but in his chamber and bed . Towards the middle of the spring , the King , full of con- fidence and assurance , as a prince that had been victorious ...
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... York , but particularly had been devoted to King Richard the third , thought it would be a summer well spent to ... York . At York there came fresh and more certain advertisement , that the lord Lovel was at hand with 20 a great power of ...
... York , but particularly had been devoted to King Richard the third , thought it would be a summer well spent to ... York . At York there came fresh and more certain advertisement , that the lord Lovel was at hand with 20 a great power of ...
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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.