The Cabinet History of England: Being an Abridgment, by the Author, of the Chapters Entitled "Civil and Military History" in "The Pictorial History of England," with a Continuation to the Present Time, Volumes 9-10C. Knight & Company, 1845 - Great Britain |
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Page 47
... King of Scotland did not seem to have much at heart any embassy in his mother's favour . * The king however made , through Keith , something like a spirited remonstrance , at which Elizabeth was so enraged , that she was well nigh ...
... King of Scotland did not seem to have much at heart any embassy in his mother's favour . * The king however made , through Keith , something like a spirited remonstrance , at which Elizabeth was so enraged , that she was well nigh ...
Page 48
... king's mother with assurance of her own -- that she had laboured hard to preserve the life of both , but it could ... King James would engage him- self that no harm should ever be done by her or on her account . Elizabeth , turning to ...
... king's mother with assurance of her own -- that she had laboured hard to preserve the life of both , but it could ... King James would engage him- self that no harm should ever be done by her or on her account . Elizabeth , turning to ...
Page 49
... King of Scotland must become party with her Majesty when he succeeded by his mother's death to her claims of every kind . The queen cut short the conference by telling them that it was she that had kept the crown on their king's head ...
... King of Scotland must become party with her Majesty when he succeeded by his mother's death to her claims of every kind . The queen cut short the conference by telling them that it was she that had kept the crown on their king's head ...
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... king his master , whom she honoured above all men . L'Aubes- pine remarked that she had all along given assistance to the enemies and revolted subjects of France . Here she drew a nice distinction , saying that she had done nothing ...
... king his master , whom she honoured above all men . L'Aubes- pine remarked that she had all along given assistance to the enemies and revolted subjects of France . Here she drew a nice distinction , saying that she had done nothing ...
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... king of England ; and the kings of England in times past had never any superior , but God only . There- fore , know you well that we will maintain the right of our crown , and of our temporal jurisdiction , as well in this as in all ...
... king of England ; and the kings of England in times past had never any superior , but God only . There- fore , know you well that we will maintain the right of our crown , and of our temporal jurisdiction , as well in this as in all ...
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Page 110 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 212 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided...
Page 126 - Parliament: and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every member of the House of Parliament hath and of right ought to have freedom of speech to propound, treat, reason and bring to conclusion the same...
Page 213 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 209 - God forbid, should not do your duties in contributing what this state at this time needs, I must, in discharge of my conscience, use those other means which God has put into my hands to save that which the follies of other men may otherwise hazard to lose.
Page 208 - You shall swear by the blessed Trinity, and by the sacrament you now propose to receive, never to disclose directly or indirectly, by word or circumstance, the matter that shall be proposed to you to keep secret, nor desist from the execution thereof until the rest shall give you leave.
Page 81 - And likewise we bar from this benefit and liberty all such known Recusants, either men or women, as will abstain from coming to church or divine service, being therefore unworthy of any lawful recreation after the said service, that will not first come to the church and serve God...
Page 17 - I shall leave him dressed to posterity in the colours I saw him in the next progress after his inauguration; which was as green as the grass he trod on, with a feather in his cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side : how suitable to his age, calling, or complexion, I leave others to judge from his pictures...
Page 212 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause showed; and when for their deliverance they were brought before your justices by your Majesty's writs of Habeas Corpus, there to undergo and receive as the court should order, and their keepers commanded to certify the causes of their detainer, no cause was certified, but that they were detained by your Majesty's special command, signified by the lords of your Privy Council, and yet were returned back to several prisons, without...
Page 220 - It may seem strange," said he, " that I come so suddenly to end this session. Before I give my assent to the bills, I will tell you the cause, though 1 must avow that I owe the account of my actions to God alone. It is known to every one that, a while ago, the House of Commons gave me a remonstrance, how acceptable every man may judge, and, for the merit of it, I will not call that in question, for I am sure no wise man can justify it. Now, since I am...