Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1851 - Queens |
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Anne Boleyn attended beautiful bishop Bretagne bride brother cardinal castle cause chamber Charles Chronicle Clarence Clisson consort council countess court crown daughter death declared duchess duke of Bretagne duke of Burgundy duke of Gloucester duke of York earl of Warwick Edward Edward IV eldest Elizabeth of York Elizabeth Woodville English father favour French Froissart George Chastellain gold grace Hall hand hath heir Henry VII Henry's honour husband Ibid infant Isabella Joanna of Navarre Katharine of Arragon Katharine's king Henry king of England king of France king Richard king's knights lady Lancaster letter likewise Lingard London lord Louis Margaret of Anjou marriage married Mary mistress Monstrelet mother noble Norfolk palace parliament person pray prince of Wales princess queen Katharine queen Margaret queen of England received Richard III royal says sent sir Thomas sister sovereign Suffolk throne took Tower uncle VIII Westminster widow wife Wolsey
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Page 620 - Forget not yet when first began The weary life ye know, since whan The suit, the service none tell can ; Forget not yet ! Forget not yet the great assays, The cruel wrong, the scornful ways, The painful patience in delays, Forget not yet ! Forget not ! oh ! forget not this, How long ago hath been, and is The mind that never meant amiss. Forget not yet...
Page 545 - But I forgive you all, and pray God to do so likewise. For the rest I commend unto you Mary our daughter, beseeching you to be a good father to her, as I have heretofore desired.
Page 414 - Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.
Page 285 - Kingdoms are but cares ; State is devoid of stay ; Riches are ready snares, And hasten to decay. 'Pleasure is a privy [game,] Which vice doth still provoke ; Pomp unprompt ; and fame a flame ; Power a smouldering smoke. ' Who meaneth to remove the rock Out of his slimy mud, Shall mire himself, and hardly scape The swelling of the flood.
Page 82 - Richard by the grace of God king of England and of France, and lord of Ireland...
Page 545 - My lord and dear husband, I commend me unto you. The hour of my death draweth fast on, and, my case being such, the tender love I owe you forceth me, with a few words, to put you in remembrance of the health and safe-guard of your soul, which you ought to prefer before all worldly matters, and before the care and tendering of your own body, for the which you have cast me into many miseries, and yourself into many cares. For my part I do pardon you all, yea, I do wish and devoutly pray God, that He...
Page 682 - Farewell to joy, adieu comfort ! For wrongfully ye judge of me, Unto my fame a mortal wound ; Say what ye list, it may not be, Ye seek for that shall not be found.
Page 356 - Farewell, my own sweet son ; God send you good keeping. Let me kiss you once yet ere you go, for God knoweth when we shall kiss together again.
Page 523 - I take God and all the world to witness, that I have been to you a true, humble, and obedient wife, ever conformable to your will and pleasure...
Page 568 - She was taken at that time to have a beauty, not so whitely, clear, arfd fresh, but above all we may esteem, which appeared much more excellent by her favour, passing sweet and cheerful, and was enhanced by her noble presence of shape and fashion, representing both mildness and majesty more than can be expressed.