The History of the Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey: Prime Minister to King Henry VIII ...J. Purser, 1748 |
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... affure you , quoth he , here is but little Room in this Houfe for the King , and therefore , I humbly befeech your Grace , accept of mine for a Seafon . My Lord , thanking him for his Courtesy , went to his Chamber , where he fhifted ...
... affure you , quoth he , here is but little Room in this Houfe for the King , and therefore , I humbly befeech your Grace , accept of mine for a Seafon . My Lord , thanking him for his Courtesy , went to his Chamber , where he fhifted ...
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... affure you that the King is his very good Lord , and hath given me moft hearty Thanks for his Entertainment : • And therefore go your way to him and perfuade him , that I may find • him in Quiet at my coming , for I will not tarry long ...
... affure you that the King is his very good Lord , and hath given me moft hearty Thanks for his Entertainment : • And therefore go your way to him and perfuade him , that I may find • him in Quiet at my coming , for I will not tarry long ...
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... affure you that your Friends more afraid of you , than you need be of them : And his Majefty , to fhew his Love to you , bath fent Mafter Kingston to honour you , with as much Ho- as is your Grace's Due , • and to convey you in fuch ...
... affure you that your Friends more afraid of you , than you need be of them : And his Majefty , to fhew his Love to you , bath fent Mafter Kingston to honour you , with as much Ho- as is your Grace's Due , • and to convey you in fuch ...
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... affure it is none of my own ; for I borrowed it of divers of my Friends to bury me , and to bestow amongst my Servants , who have taken great Pains about me . Notwithstanding , if it be your Pleafure to know , I must be con- tent ; yet ...
... affure it is none of my own ; for I borrowed it of divers of my Friends to bury me , and to bestow amongst my Servants , who have taken great Pains about me . Notwithstanding , if it be your Pleafure to know , I must be con- tent ; yet ...
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... affure you I have often kneeled before him , " Sometimes three Hours together , to perfuade him from his Will and Appetite , but could not prevail : And , Mafter King- fton , bad I but ferved Go D , as diligently as I have ferved the ...
... affure you I have often kneeled before him , " Sometimes three Hours together , to perfuade him from his Will and Appetite , but could not prevail : And , Mafter King- fton , bad I but ferved Go D , as diligently as I have ferved the ...
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Page 269 - Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's ; then if thou...
Page 269 - And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Page 267 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 354 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 267 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 269 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
Page 269 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's...
Page 268 - ... happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. The king has cur'd me, I humbly thank his grace; and from these shoulders, These ruin'd pillars, out of pity, taken A load would sink a navy, too much honour: O, 'tis a burden, Cromwell, 'tis a burden, Too heavy for a man that hopes for heaven.
Page 11 - ... enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Page 11 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander, must bring you the...