History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... affection to the house of York was most in height . The King had been a little improvident in the matters of Ireland , and had not removed officers and counsellors , and put in their places , or at least intermingled , persons of whom ...
... affection to the house of York was most in height . The King had been a little improvident in the matters of Ireland , and had not removed officers and counsellors , and put in their places , or at least intermingled , persons of whom ...
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... affection , much trouble themselves with the attainder of George duke of Clarence ; having newly learned by the King's example , that attainders do not interrupt the conveying of title to the crown . And as for the daughters of King ...
... affection , much trouble themselves with the attainder of George duke of Clarence ; having newly learned by the King's example , that attainders do not interrupt the conveying of title to the crown . And as for the daughters of King ...
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... affectionate to her own kindred , even unto faction ; which did stir great envy in the lords of the King's side ... affection to him , was thought at times , through her malice and spleen , not to be out of danger of falling . After ...
... affectionate to her own kindred , even unto faction ; which did stir great envy in the lords of the King's side ... affection to him , was thought at times , through her malice and spleen , not to be out of danger of falling . After ...
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... affection she embraced this overture . And upon counsel taken with the earl of Lincoln , and the lord Lovel , and some other of the party , it was resolved , with all speed the two lords , assisted with a regiment of two thousand 25 ...
... affection she embraced this overture . And upon counsel taken with the earl of Lincoln , and the lord Lovel , and some other of the party , it was resolved , with all speed the two lords , assisted with a regiment of two thousand 25 ...
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... affection to make their fortunes upon England ; it was con- cluded with all possible speed to transport their forces into England . The King in the mean time , who at the first when he heard what was done in Ireland , though it troubled ...
... affection to make their fortunes upon England ; it was con- cluded with all possible speed to transport their forces into England . The King in the mean time , who at the first when he heard what was done in Ireland , though it troubled ...
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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.