The Works of Thomas Hearne, M.A.: Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne) ... Transcrib'd, and now first publish'd ... by Thomas Hearne. 1725S. Bagster, 1725 - Great Britain |
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Page xiv
... mentioning ' a Robert of Gloucester , that was Secretary to the said venerable and most holy Bishop at the time of the Bishop's Death , and was afterwards Chancellor of Hereford . At first one would think , that this Robert of ...
... mentioning ' a Robert of Gloucester , that was Secretary to the said venerable and most holy Bishop at the time of the Bishop's Death , and was afterwards Chancellor of Hereford . At first one would think , that this Robert of ...
Page xvi
... P. 537. s See Author of his Life mentions my Preface to Rob . of Glouc . undenyable Proofs , pag . 195. § . XXIV . 3 See his Chron . sub an . M. names , and , upon compiling their fa- mous Works rian XVI THE PUBLISHER'S.
... P. 537. s See Author of his Life mentions my Preface to Rob . of Glouc . undenyable Proofs , pag . 195. § . XXIV . 3 See his Chron . sub an . M. names , and , upon compiling their fa- mous Works rian XVI THE PUBLISHER'S.
Page xviii
... mention him as such ) was not celebrated upon account either of his writings , or any other great Undertaking , that might render his name famous to Posterity . ther more that re- Yet there were ra- § . IV . But now tho ' there were so ...
... mention him as such ) was not celebrated upon account either of his writings , or any other great Undertaking , that might render his name famous to Posterity . ther more that re- Yet there were ra- § . IV . But now tho ' there were so ...
Page xxii
... mention only one more , which in- deed is more material than any other I either have named or can name , and that is Peter Langtoft , or Peter de Langtoft , the Person that hath occasioned this present un- dertaking of mine . He was so ...
... mention only one more , which in- deed is more material than any other I either have named or can name , and that is Peter Langtoft , or Peter de Langtoft , the Person that hath occasioned this present un- dertaking of mine . He was so ...
Page liv
... mention of his author . I Thys Aurylambrole dystroyd the pangm lawyse reedyfyed churchys of cryßendome he was poylonyd at mynchefter & was buryed at Stoneheng under the grete flonys whych flonys the bryttons say that one Merlyon which ...
... mention of his author . I Thys Aurylambrole dystroyd the pangm lawyse reedyfyed churchys of cryßendome he was poylonyd at mynchefter & was buryed at Stoneheng under the grete flonys whych flonys the bryttons say that one Merlyon which ...
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Page clvii - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page clxiii - Saturn, the spots in the sun, and its turning on its own axis, the inequalities and selenography of the Moon, the several phases of Venus and Mercury, the improvement of telescopes, and grinding of glasses for that purpose, the weight of air, the possibility or impossibility of vacuities and Nature's abhorrence thereof, the Torricellian experiment in quicksilver, the descent of heavy bodies, and the degrees of acceleration therein ; and divers other things of like nature.
Page clxiii - ... as now they are ; with other things appertaining to what hath been called the New Philosophy, which from the times of Galileo at Florence, and Sir Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) in England, hath been much cultivated in Italy, France, Germany, and other parts abroad, as well as with us in England.
Page clviii - That we shall in like manner, without respect of persons, endeavour the extirpation of Popery, prelacy (that is, Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy...
Page clxii - I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy persons, inquisitive into natural philosophy, and other parts of human learning ; and particularly of what hath been called the New Philosophy, or Experimental Philosophy, " We did, by agreement, divers of us, meet weekly in London, on a certain day, to treat and discourse of such affairs.
Page clxix - Alterations. It hath been my endeavour all along, to act by moderate Principles, between the Extremities on either hand, in a moderate compliance with the Powers in being, in those places, where it hath been my Lot to live, without the fierce and violent animosities usual in such Cases, against all, that did not act just as I did, knowing that there were many worthy Persons engaged on either side.
Page clxii - Hank (a German of the Palatinate, and then resident in London, who, I think, gave the first occasion, and first suggested those meetings), and many others.
Page clxxi - ... without saying any thing, whether it be now proper to repeat what was done above forty years ago, the thing is quite otherwise. Of those letters and papers (whatever they were) I never saw any one of them but in print ; nor did those papers, as I have been told, need any decyphering at all, either by me or any body else, being taken in words at length just as they were printed, save that some of them were, I know not by whom, translated out of French into English.
Page clxii - Chymicks, Mechanicks, and Natural Experiments : with the state of these studies, as then cultivated at home and abroad. We then discoursed of the circulation of the blood, the valves in...
Page ccxi - ... again to speak to you before you went hence. " ' We must know of you, what your thoughts are concerning your master the Prince. You have now been his servant above two years, and you were with him in Spain. We know he respects you well ; and we know you are no fool, but can observe how things are like to go.