History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... thought it not fit it should pass by parliament , the better , being matter of grace , to impropriate the thanks to himself : using only the opportunity of a par- 10 liament time , the better to disperse it into the veins of the kingdom ...
... thought it not fit it should pass by parliament , the better , being matter of grace , to impropriate the thanks to himself : using only the opportunity of a par- 10 liament time , the better to disperse it into the veins of the kingdom ...
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... with his parliament in all that he desired , and had the ring of acclamations fresh in his ears , thought the rest of his reign should be but play , and 5 the enjoying of a kingdom : yet , as 2-2 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 19.
... with his parliament in all that he desired , and had the ring of acclamations fresh in his ears , thought the rest of his reign should be but play , and 5 the enjoying of a kingdom : yet , as 2-2 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 19.
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... thought it would be a summer well spent to visit those parts , and by his presence and application of himself to reclaim and rectify those humours . But the King , in his 10 account of peace and calms , did much over - cast his for ...
... thought it would be a summer well spent to visit those parts , and by his presence and application of himself to reclaim and rectify those humours . But the King , in his 10 account of peace and calms , did much over - cast his for ...
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... looking , and too much perspective into his disguise , if he should shew it here in England ; he thought good , after the manner of scenes in stage - plays and 1 5 masks , to shew it afar off ; HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 25.
... looking , and too much perspective into his disguise , if he should shew it here in England ; he thought good , after the manner of scenes in stage - plays and 1 5 masks , to shew it afar off ; HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 25.
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... thought he should have time enough to extend his cares afterwards to that second kingdom . Wherefore through this neglect , upon the coming of Simon with his pretended Plantagenet into Ireland , all things were prepared for revolt and ...
... thought he should have time enough to extend his cares afterwards to that second kingdom . Wherefore through this neglect , upon the coming of Simon with his pretended Plantagenet into Ireland , all things were prepared for revolt and ...
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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.