History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... reason of policy and to 5 avoid envy , would not publish . It is likewise no small argument that there was some secret in it , and some sup- pressing of examinations , for that the priest Simon himself , after he was taken , was never ...
... reason of policy and to 5 avoid envy , would not publish . It is likewise no small argument that there was some secret in it , and some sup- pressing of examinations , for that the priest Simon himself , after he was taken , was never ...
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... reasons , and no 20 less strange pretences , precipitated and banished the world into a nunnery ; where it was almost thought ... reason of state , was somewhat sweetened to him by a great confis- cation . About this time also , Edward ...
... reasons , and no 20 less strange pretences , precipitated and banished the world into a nunnery ; where it was almost thought ... reason of state , was somewhat sweetened to him by a great confis- cation . About this time also , Edward ...
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... reason of the steepness of the bank , and so was drowned in the river . But another report leaves him not there , but that 25 he lived long after in a cave or vault . The number that was slain in the field , was of the enemy's part four ...
... reason of the steepness of the bank , and so was drowned in the river . But another report leaves him not there , but that 25 he lived long after in a cave or vault . The number that was slain in the field , was of the enemy's part four ...
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... reason of state . Soon after , to shew that it was now fair weather again , and that the imprisonment of Thomas marquis Dorset was rather upon suspicion of the time , than of the man , he , the said 15 marquis , was set at liberty ...
... reason of state . Soon after , to shew that it was now fair weather again , and that the imprisonment of Thomas marquis Dorset was rather upon suspicion of the time , than of the man , he , the said 15 marquis , was set at liberty ...
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... reason press him to undertake part in the 15 war , being so newly settled and recovered from intestine seditions . But touching the mystery of re - annexing of the duchy of Britain to the crown of France , either by war , or by marriage ...
... reason press him to undertake part in the 15 war , being so newly settled and recovered from intestine seditions . But touching the mystery of re - annexing of the duchy of Britain to the crown of France , either by war , or by marriage ...
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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.