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" For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life! "
The Historians' History of the World: England, 1485-1642 - Page 393
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London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places, Volume 3

John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1871 - 510 pages
...devoted adherents', sallied forth into the street. To the citizens he cried aloud as he passed them—" For the Queen! for the Queen! a plot is laid for my life." On reaching Paul's Cross he found, to his great disappointment, that the Government had taken the precautionary...
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The history and literature of the Tudor period

James Davies (of Southport.) - 1872 - 292 pages
...forth toward the City, being joined on his way by the Earl of Bedford and Lord Cromwell. Crying out, " For the Queen ! for the Queen ! a plot is laid for my life !" he proceeded to the house of the Sheriff, on whose support he reckoned, but found it barred against...
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The Student's Hume: A History of England from the Earliest Times to the ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1872 - 822 pages
...and in his passage to the city was joined by the Earl of Bedford and Lord Cromwell. He cried aloud, " For the queen ! for the queen ! a plot is laid for my life !" and then proceeded to the house of Smith, the sheriff, on whose aid he had great reliance. The citizens...
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The Student's Hume: A History of England from the Earliest Times to the ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1873 - 812 pages
...and in his passage to the city was joined by the Earl of Bedford and Lord Cromwell. He cried aloud, "For the queen ! for the queen! a plot is laid for my life 1" and then proceeded to the house of Smith, the sheriff, on whose aid he had great reliance. The citizens...
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A History of England from the Earliest Times to the Revolution in 1688 ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1873 - 820 pages
...and in his passage to the city was joined by the Earl of Bedford and Lord Cromwell. He cried aloud, " For the queen ! for the queen ! a plot is laid for my life !" and then proceeded to the house of Smith, the sheriff, on whose aid he had great reliance. The citizens...
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A child's history of England

Charles Dickens - 1874 - 556 pages
...Council who came to examine him — and hurried into the City with the Earl at their head, crying out, " For the Queen ! For the Queen ! A plot is laid for my life ! " No one heeded them, however, and, when they came to St. Paul's, there were no citizens there. In...
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From the reign of Edward VI to the reign of Charles I

Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1874 - 550 pages
...sword, and rushed out of his house, followed by a large number of his adherents, and he shouted, " For the queen, for the queen, a plot is laid for my life." The people, as he rode at the head of his company, either did not comprehend his object, or were unwilling...
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The Illustrated History of England

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1876 - 1148 pages
...were sent to Essex-house. They were admitted through the wicket, but their attendants were excluded, and after some altercation they were confined in one...one there. He advanced, shouting, " For the queen, my mistress ! " but few noticed him. Soon after the lords Burleigh and Cumberland entered the city...
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Outlines of English History ... Adapted to Standards III. and IV.

James Stuart Laurie - 1876 - 72 pages
...(Feb. 8th, 1600) tried to rouse the Londoners in his favour by crying aloud through the streets, " For the queen ! for the queen ! a plot is laid for my life." He was put in the Tower, tried for treason, and executed. Elizabeth died at the age of seventy, 1603....
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My instructive and amusing history of England; by the authoress of 'My ...

H. F - 1878 - 368 pages
...rebel and try to make a disturbance in the city. Riding through the streets of London, he cried, " For the queen ! for the queen ! a plot is laid for my life." No one, however, joined him. He was sent to the Tower, tried, and sentenced to die. Now Elizabeth had...
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