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... land , the daughter of sir Thomas Boleyn remained be- hind , and was taken into the service of Claude , the queen of Francis I. After some years Anne Boleyn was recalled to England , and she became one of the attendants of queen ...
... land , the daughter of sir Thomas Boleyn remained be- hind , and was taken into the service of Claude , the queen of Francis I. After some years Anne Boleyn was recalled to England , and she became one of the attendants of queen ...
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... land ; nor care we therefore by which of these two roads we travel thither . " Who can question the sincerity of these men ? It was deemed advisable to arrest the Holy Maid of Kent and her accomplices . By the efforts of Cranmer ...
... land ; nor care we therefore by which of these two roads we travel thither . " Who can question the sincerity of these men ? It was deemed advisable to arrest the Holy Maid of Kent and her accomplices . By the efforts of Cranmer ...
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... lands at low rents on receiving large fines : they had therefore often but little reluctance to give up their monastic seclusion ; many of them were even glad to escape from the irksome monotony of a conventual life . Hence the crown ...
... lands at low rents on receiving large fines : they had therefore often but little reluctance to give up their monastic seclusion ; many of them were even glad to escape from the irksome monotony of a conventual life . Hence the crown ...
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... lands of the kingdom was by far too much for this purpose , though we will not say that it might not have been better if tithes had been abolished , and lands to the same amount 1538-40 . ] SUPPRESSION OF MONASTERIES . 49 been retained ...
... lands of the kingdom was by far too much for this purpose , though we will not say that it might not have been better if tithes had been abolished , and lands to the same amount 1538-40 . ] SUPPRESSION OF MONASTERIES . 49 been retained ...
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... lands among the nobility and gentry of the realm * . This is said to have been a suggestion of Cromwell's , who ... land , it is impossible to suppress a sigh at such Vandalic devastation as was then committed , or to avoid wishing ...
... lands among the nobility and gentry of the realm * . This is said to have been a suggestion of Cromwell's , who ... land , it is impossible to suppress a sigh at such Vandalic devastation as was then committed , or to avoid wishing ...
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Page 131 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord...
Page 281 - If you aim at a Scottish presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the Devil. Then Jack and Tom and Will and Dick shall meet, and at their pleasures censure me and my Council and all our proceedings.
Page 29 - And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth : I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Page 388 - Sir, my consent shall more acquit you herein to God than all the world can do besides. To a willing man there is no injury done.
Page 539 - I have eaten his bread, and served him near thirty years, and will not do so base a thing as to forsake him ; and choose rather to lose my life (which I am sure I shall do) to preserve and defend those things which are against my conscience to preserve and defend : for I will deal freely with you, I have no reverence for the bishops, for whom this quarrel subsists.
Page 517 - ... it is not my case alone — it is the freedom and liberty of the people of England ; and do you pretend what you will, I stand more for their liberties]. For if power without law may make laws, may alter the fundamental laws of the kingdom, I do' not know what subject he is in England that can be sure of his life, or anything that he calls his own...
Page 547 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 132 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man ; we shall this day, by God's grace, light such a candle in England as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 138 - And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist, with all his false doctrine.
Page 539 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!