History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... say , that he that conspireth the death of counsellors may be thought indirectly , and by a mean , to conspire the death of the King himself , is indifferent to all subjects as 15 well as to servants in court . But it seemeth this ...
... say , that he that conspireth the death of counsellors may be thought indirectly , and by a mean , to conspire the death of the King himself , is indifferent to all subjects as 15 well as to servants in court . But it seemeth this ...
Page 83
... say but there hath been brother " against brother in that house before , but never any that zo " had refuge to the arms of the Christians , as now hath " Gemes , brother unto Bajazet that reigneth , the far braver man of the two , the ...
... say but there hath been brother " against brother in that house before , but never any that zo " had refuge to the arms of the Christians , as now hath " Gemes , brother unto Bajazet that reigneth , the far braver man of the two , the ...
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... say , desiring your pardon for my weakness in the " delivery . " 20 66 Thus did the French ambassadors , with great shew of their King's affection and many sugared words , seek to ad- 15 dulce all matters between the two Kings , having ...
... say , desiring your pardon for my weakness in the " delivery . " 20 66 Thus did the French ambassadors , with great shew of their King's affection and many sugared words , seek to ad- 15 dulce all matters between the two Kings , having ...
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... say , that he " doth wish with all his heart to his good brother the " French King , that his fortunes may succeed according to " his hopes and honourable intentions . And whensoever " he shall hear that he is prepared for Græcia , as ...
... say , that he " doth wish with all his heart to his good brother the " French King , that his fortunes may succeed according to " his hopes and honourable intentions . And whensoever " he shall hear that he is prepared for Græcia , as ...
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... say , 15 " That the King cared not to plume his nobility and people , " to feather himself . " And some made themselves merry with that the King had said in parliament : " That after the war was once begun , he doubted not but to make ...
... say , 15 " That the King cared not to plume his nobility and people , " to feather himself . " And some made themselves merry with that the King had said in parliament : " That after the war was once begun , he doubted not but to make ...
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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.