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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… field within six hours "on pain of hanging;" and enjoined upon gentlemen and officers of every degree to abstain from … of their own merits. "Why the Devil," says Buckingham, "Upon this French going out, took he upon him (Without the privity of the King) to appoint Who …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… and characters of the two men. On riding to church, "I upon his left hand," says Wingfield, 14 "being approached … fair and diverse of colour, which peaceably did light upon my bridle hand, as she had been a hawk, and there … God's sake, as all the good and ill of our affairs turns upon it." As the King of England had already advanced so …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Preface Preface, Section 3 In the autumn of 1520 we come upon a paper of instructions 1 given by the Duke to his … Gilbert, afterwards produced as a witness against him, and upon whose evidence, as well as that of his steward Charles … (apparently a waiting-woman of the Duchess) had declared upon oath respecting Charles Knyvet. The name of Margaret …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… gentlemen masked, some of whom rode amongst us, and looked upon every man as they rode, amongst whom we surely suppose … Hume took part with Forman, and thus drew down upon himself the resentment of Hepburn. Even before the death … threw himself immediately into opposition;marched upon Edinburgh, and Margaret fled with Angus to Stirling. She …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… words taken down in writing they considered a reflection upon their honor. They despised such precision as an … by God's help but he shall have good speed, for he goeth upon a good quarrel, and dealeth justly with every prince, … almost to the day of battle ? Our enemies come still upon us; and Arde, which the King forbore to fortify, at your …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… of the court were not without reason; the plague fell upon the royal household, and carried off the pages that … of the city inadequate to the preservation of order upon extraordinary occasions, and accustomed to look to the … writes to the earl of Shrewsbury that a bill had been set upon the door of St. Paul's, reflecting on the king and his …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… eaten up to the bones, and the Church cried for vengeance upon him." 1 In this state of things the unhappy population … odious and detestable as possible, he could not have hit upon a more effectual method than war conducted on Surrey's … 17 Aug. According to Mr. Parry, Andrew Marvel, M.P. for Hull in the reign of Queen Anne, was the last person who …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… and was now so bent on his promotion that he would insist upon it in spite of all the Cardinals, and complete it within … A soul as capacious as the sea, and minute as the sands upon its shores when minuteness was required, he could do … entertained the strongest affection, as a favor bestowed upon himself, so great were Wolsey's gifts and so eminent his …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… power. In vain Suriano, the Venetian ambassador, urged upon Wolsey the propriety of releasing them. The Venetian … of their good minds towards the King's grace, took upon me to borrow out of the said galleys six great pieces of … on the head, where ye write that the Burgundians would be upon their own frontiers, to the end our money should be …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… What effects the insinuations of Dacre had produced upon her may be seen in her letters. She determined to act … six months, and, with the exception of a furious assault upon Jedburgh, and the forays already mentioned, nothing of … and raise a party in his favor. She had impressed upon him, more than once, the uselessness of these Border …