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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… that the king of England would attempt to invade his country and make war upon him in his absence, considering the … would recall the duke of Albany,allow the estates of that country and the Scotch parliament to nominate guardians of …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… money, and so many men, that no Frenchman should enter the country "but upon spearis and swerdis poyntes." As the … not improbably, at the ostensible amity between this country and France, of which he was doubtless kept well … for Tournay, was allowed to return from England to his own country, he seems, among other disjointed chat, to have …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… did their best out of a sense of duty to their king and country. The peculiar position of the Tudors fostered this … until other Governments, following the example of this country, shall throw open their archives to historical … and Galeas. He allowed the enemy's cavalry to scour the country, and cut off all communication between himself and …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… to compromise their own honor and the interests of their country. The Spaniard judged others by himself. It was the … or wooden huts hastily erected for the occasion. But the country supplied no timber; every foot of wood, not merely … alliance with England, or rather the aid which so rich a country could afford him, became with Charles a state …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… had been made for their landing. They were in a poor country, without horses or other necessaries. 72 The village … travellers; "for," says Spinelly, "in that mountainous country the principals go afoot," and the prevalence of … of Spain with the ordinary fare and conveyance of the country, will readily apprehend the fatigue of such a …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… the two Kings in the vale of Arde, he had retired to the country, never making his appearance in London, or taking any … temper. Along with other fashions introduced into this country by the French hostages was a taste for gambling; in … mile from the town, "upon so goodly an height that all the country might be seen twenty or thirty miles about; and one …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… to say. Troubles in Scotland. The internal policy of the country during the same period is, with one exception, of … dissensions had broken out among the hierarchy of that country; now, after their preponderance had been greatly … Neither the queen's life nor her husband's was safe in a country abandoned to furious civil strife, and never nice in …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… to the French Court, after a long residence in this country, he expressed his conviction that, with the exception … in the persuasion that they were thereby serving their country or the cause of God, and not themselves. Happily, we … at the French court. So long as the commerce of the country was restricted, so long as no crops were raised …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… of the strangers, and the great misery of your own native country, exhort all the citizens to join in one against the strangers, raveners and destroyers of your country." Master Doctor, on hearing this, much lamented their … nests, so (he urged) ought Englishmen to fight for their country and defend it against aliens. A popular topic, so …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… of his own creation all around him, a barren and smoking country at his back, in front stern resistance growing every … money would not only burthen the whole currency of the country, but "that there was not so much money, out of the … support those who fought for the honor and safety of their country. If the soldiers, it was urged, stayed at home in …