History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... daughters out of sanctuary to King Richard , con- trary to promise . Which proceeding being even at that time taxed for rigorous and undue , both in matter and man- ner , makes it very probable there was some greater matter against her ...
... daughters out of sanctuary to King Richard , con- trary to promise . Which proceeding being even at that time taxed for rigorous and undue , both in matter and man- ner , makes it very probable there was some greater matter against her ...
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... daughters of King Edward the 5 fourth , they thought King Richard had said enough for them ; and took them to be but ... daughter Elizabeth with King Henry , had nevertheless delivered her daughters out of sanctuary into King Richard's ...
... daughters of King Edward the 5 fourth , they thought King Richard had said enough for them ; and took them to be but ... daughter Elizabeth with King Henry , had nevertheless delivered her daughters out of sanctuary into King Richard's ...
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... daughter , blessed with issue male , should , upon a sudden mutability or disclosure of the King's mind , be so severely handled . 30 This lady was amongst the examples of great variety of fortune . She had first from a distressed ...
... daughter , blessed with issue male , should , upon a sudden mutability or disclosure of the King's mind , be so severely handled . 30 This lady was amongst the examples of great variety of fortune . She had first from a distressed ...
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... daughters , the one sickly and not like to continue : King Charles himself in the flower of his and age , the subjects of France at that time well trained for war , both for leaders and soldiers ; men of service being not yet worn out ...
... daughters , the one sickly and not like to continue : King Charles himself in the flower of his and age , the subjects of France at that time well trained for war , both for leaders and soldiers ; men of service being not yet worn out ...
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... daughter ) feeble in means ; and King 5 Henry of England as well somewhat obnoxious to him for his favours and benefits , as busied in his particular troubles at home . There was also a fair and specious occasion offered him to hide his ...
... daughter ) feeble in means ; and King 5 Henry of England as well somewhat obnoxious to him for his favours and benefits , as busied in his particular troubles at home . There was also a fair and specious occasion offered him to hide his ...
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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.