Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 21836 |
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... London , that it would contribute five thousand men and fifteen ships , it sent in answer , ten thousand men and thirty ships . This sen- timent , while it surmounted all others which the politics of the day call- ed forth , did really ...
... London , that it would contribute five thousand men and fifteen ships , it sent in answer , ten thousand men and thirty ships . This sen- timent , while it surmounted all others which the politics of the day call- ed forth , did really ...
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... London , a place of greater security for so formidable a personage as the heir to the crown accord- ing to the principles of the house of York . The people commiserated the hard lot of the innocent youth , and readily listened to the ...
... London , a place of greater security for so formidable a personage as the heir to the crown accord- ing to the principles of the house of York . The people commiserated the hard lot of the innocent youth , and readily listened to the ...
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... London , on the 16th of July 1509 , and Empson , at Northampton , on the 1st of October . Stow informs us that the king was inclined to pardon them , and that a rumour prevailed , that Queen Catharine had effectually interceded for ...
... London , on the 16th of July 1509 , and Empson , at Northampton , on the 1st of October . Stow informs us that the king was inclined to pardon them , and that a rumour prevailed , that Queen Catharine had effectually interceded for ...
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... London . Soon thereafter , the king appeared in some measure to relent , and sent him a ring in token of regard . After his trial and condemnation , both in the Star chamber and in parliament , Henry granted him a pardon , and even ...
... London . Soon thereafter , the king appeared in some measure to relent , and sent him a ring in token of regard . After his trial and condemnation , both in the Star chamber and in parliament , Henry granted him a pardon , and even ...
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... London , he opened the court of chancery with his accustomed parade ; but the next morning he was waited on by the dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk , who demanded the great seals from him . With this demand he refused to comply without a ...
... London , he opened the court of chancery with his accustomed parade ; but the next morning he was waited on by the dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk , who demanded the great seals from him . With this demand he refused to comply without a ...
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Page 137 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 32 - There was also borne before him, first, the great seal of England, and then his cardinal's hat, by a nobleman or some worthy gentleman, right solemnly, bareheaded.
Page 77 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Page 165 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 213 - Cole had, according to a promise made to the bishop, provided for him both a tutor, which was said to be the learned Dr.
Page 146 - BOURCHIER, archbishop of Canterbury in the successive reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., Edward V., Richard III., and Henry VII., was descended from an illustrious family, being the son of William Bourchier, earl of Ewe in Normandy.
Page 17 - Neither did they, towards the end, observe so much as the half-face of justice, in proceeding by indictment; but sent forth their precepts to attach men and convent them before themselves, and some others, at their private houses, in a court of commission ; and there used to shuffle up a summary proceeding by examination, without trial of jury; assuming to themselves there to deal both in pleas of the crown, and controversies civil. Then did they also use to inthral and charge the subjects...
Page 214 - To whom the good man replied, ' My dear George, if saints have usually a double share in the miseries of this life, I that am none, ought not to repine at what my wise Creator hath appointed for me, but labour, (as indeed I do daily) to submit mine to His will, and possess my soul in patience, and peace.
Page 215 - My Lord, When I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my College, 'yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage : but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place; and indeed, God and Nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
Page 27 - He is a prince of a most royal carriage, and hath a princely heart ; and rather than he will miss or want any part of his will he will endanger the one half of his kingdom.