History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... continued in this kingdom until this day : for statutes of non - claim are fit for times of war , when men's heads are troubled , that they cannot intend their estate ; but statutes that quiet possessions , are fittest for times of 20 ...
... continued in this kingdom until this day : for statutes of non - claim are fit for times of war , when men's heads are troubled , that they cannot intend their estate ; but statutes that quiet possessions , are fittest for times of 20 ...
Page 96
... continued at Sluice some 30 good while till all things were settled , returned unto the King , being then before Boulogne . Somewhat about this time came letters from Ferdinando and Isabella , King and Queen of Spain ; signifying the ...
... continued at Sluice some 30 good while till all things were settled , returned unto the King , being then before Boulogne . Somewhat about this time came letters from Ferdinando and Isabella , King and Queen of Spain ; signifying the ...
Page 102
... continued near a month , there passed no memorable action , nor accident of war ; only Sir John Savage , a valiant captain , was slain , 10 riding about the walls of the town , to take a view . The town was both well fortified and well ...
... continued near a month , there passed no memorable action , nor accident of war ; only Sir John Savage , a valiant captain , was slain , 10 riding about the walls of the town , to take a view . The town was both well fortified and well ...
Page 108
... continued in Portugal about a year ; and by that time the King of England called his parliament , as hath been said , and declared open war against France . 30 Now did the sign reign , and the constellation was come , under which Perkin ...
... continued in Portugal about a year ; and by that time the King of England called his parliament , as hath been said , and declared open war against France . 30 Now did the sign reign , and the constellation was come , under which Perkin ...
Page 125
... continued him in his places until this his fall . After him was made lord chamberlain Giles lord Dau- beney , a man of great sufficiency and valour ; the more because he was gentle and moderate . 20 There was a common opinion , that Sir ...
... continued him in his places until this his fall . After him was made lord chamberlain Giles lord Dau- beney , a man of great sufficiency and valour ; the more because he was gentle and moderate . 20 There was a common opinion , that Sir ...
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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.