Original Letters, Illustrative of English History Including Numerous Royal Letters: 1418-1529Harding, Triphook, & Lepard, 1825 - Great Britain |
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Page 159 - London, and either of the sheriffs, had their several lords of misrule, ever contending, without quarrel or offence, who should make the rarest pastimes to delight the beholders. These lords beginning their rule on Allhallow Eve, continued the same till the morrow after the Feast of the Purification, commonly called Candlemas Day.
Page 86 - My Lord Howard hath sent me a letter, open to your Grace, within one of mine, by the which ye shall see at length the great victory that our Lord hath sent your subjects in your absence...
Page 13 - Duke ever prcvaileth and ruleth about the King's person, that by this means the land is likely to be destroyed, am fully concluded to proceed in all haste against him, with the help of my kinsmen and friends...
Page 183 - Oxenfoorde, and other townes in the Southe, and such as were in and aboute the way to London, whither it came notablie the seventh of July, and there continuing sore, with the losse of vij C.
Page 120 - Brandon gained her afreftions before (he was married to Lewis XII. as, foon after the death of that monarch, which was in about three months after his marriage, ihe plainly told him, that if he did not free her from all her fcruples, within a certain time, me would never marry him.
Page viii - bear the impress of their respective times; and whilst many of them regard affairs in which the writers were actively engaged, all afford a closer and more familiar view of characters, manners, and events than the pen of the most accomplished compiler of regular history, even if he might be trusted, could supply.
Page 12 - Advertisements, how be it that it was thought that they were full necessary, were laid apart, and to be of none effect, through the envy, malice and untruth of the said Duke of Somerset ; which for my truth faith, and allegiance that I owe unto the King, and the good will and favour that I have to all the Realm...
Page 12 - I signify unto you that, with the help and supportation of Almighty God, and of Our Lady, and of all the Company of Heaven, I, after long sufferance and delays, [though it is] not my will or intent to displease my sovereign lord, seeing that the said Duke ever...
Page xx - ... resembled legal instruments. We have nothing earlier than the fifteenth Century which can be called a FAMILIAR LETTER. The material too, upon which Letters were written, up to the same period, was usually vellum : very few instances indeed occurring, of more ancient date, of Letters written upon paper.
Page 158 - Dorset; a pepper box of silver gilt, from Lady Butler ; a book from Lord Morley ; a diamond ring from the Earl of Hertford; a fair steel glass from three Venetians; a hat from Dr. Augustine ; and a pair of silver snuffers from Mr. Hobbs.