The battle of Bosworth-field, between Richard the third, and Henry earl of RichmondNichols, Son and Bentley, 1813 - 10 pages |
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... Most of the personages intro , ' duced are known by the armorial bear- " " ings on their shields . Amongst others are , the Duke of Norfolk , the Earls of Surrey ⚫ and Northumberland , Sir Simon Digby , • Sir ' Sir Walter Blount , Sir ...
... Most of the personages intro , ' duced are known by the armorial bear- " " ings on their shields . Amongst others are , the Duke of Norfolk , the Earls of Surrey ⚫ and Northumberland , Sir Simon Digby , • Sir ' Sir Walter Blount , Sir ...
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... most memo- ❝rable events of the kind in this Country . This " action has accordingly been described by seve- ❝ral Writers , but by none so minutely as the < 6 present Author , who is more than an Antiqua- “ rian — he is an enthusiast ...
... most memo- ❝rable events of the kind in this Country . This " action has accordingly been described by seve- ❝ral Writers , but by none so minutely as the < 6 present Author , who is more than an Antiqua- “ rian — he is an enthusiast ...
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William Hutton John Nichols. The quarrel between the roses , is one of the most interesting stories in History , but perhaps none is fo defectively related ; and the reafon is , as Sir John Fenn justly ob- ferves , that the art of ...
William Hutton John Nichols. The quarrel between the roses , is one of the most interesting stories in History , but perhaps none is fo defectively related ; and the reafon is , as Sir John Fenn justly ob- ferves , that the art of ...
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... most extraordinary in history . The females poffeffed the fpirit of men , the males , that of heroes : as ripe at fifteen , as the generality of youth at twenty . Active , revengeful , prolific , and daring ; they feldom arrived at old ...
... most extraordinary in history . The females poffeffed the fpirit of men , the males , that of heroes : as ripe at fifteen , as the generality of youth at twenty . Active , revengeful , prolific , and daring ; they feldom arrived at old ...
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... most terrible , was that between the roses , Whether the house of York , or that of Lancaster had the best right to the crown , will appear by the following table of de- fcent , Edward 3d Edward the Black Prince Lionel John of Gaunt ...
... most terrible , was that between the roses , Whether the house of York , or that of Lancaster had the best right to the crown , will appear by the following table of de- fcent , Edward 3d Edward the Black Prince Lionel John of Gaunt ...
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affift againſt alfo army Atherstone Battle of Bosworth becauſe befides blood boar Bosworth Field Brakenbury brother Buckingham camp caufe Clarence Clifton commanded crown Dadlington death defign deftroyed deftruction Duke of Norfolk Duke of York Earl Earl of Richmond enemy England faid fame fave favour fceptre fear feemed feized fell ferved fhew fide fight firſt flain fome fought fovereign fubject fuffered fuppofe fupport fword Gloucefter Haftings Henry Henry's hill himſelf Hinckley History honour houfe houſe inftantly intereft King Richard King's kynge laft laſt Leicester loft Lord Stanley Lovell marched Market Bosworth miles moft moſt murder muſt night numbers obferving Oxford paffed perfon perhaps poffeffed preſent Prince promife reaſon Rich Richard the Third Richmond sayd ſhould sir John sir John Savage Sir William Stanley ſpot Surry Sutton Tamworth theſe theyr thofe thoſe victory Wales Warwick William Brandon worth Field York
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Page xi - The grounds had been drained. We dug in two or three places without effect. I then applied to a neighbouring farmer, a good intelligent fellow. He told me his family had drawn water from it for six or seven years, and that he would conduct me to the very place. I desired him to describe the signs. He said there were some large stones, and some square wood, which went round the well at the top. We dug, and found things as he had described them; and, having ascertained the very spot, we rolled in the...
Page 227 - Appear the dreadful ghosts of Henry and his son, Of his own brother George, and his two nephews done Most cruelly to death ; and of his wife, and friend, Lord Hastings, with pale hands prepar'd as they would rend Him piece-meal ; at which oft he roareth in his sleep.
Page 48 - In one of the apartments Richard rested that night. The room seems to have been once elegant, though now in disuse. He brought his own bedstead, of wood, large, and in some places gilt. It continued there 200 years after he left the place, and its remains are now in the possession of Alderman Drake. It had a wooden bottom, and under that a false one, of the same materials, like a floor and its under ceiling.
Page x - ... seemed to me in danger of being destroyed by the cattle. I therefore bestirred myself to have it preserved, and to ascertain the owner. The Bishop of Down spoke to the Archbishop of Armagh, who said that the ground was not his. I then found it not to be Mrs. Pochin's. Last year I traced it to a person to whom it had been bequeathed by Dr. Taylor, formerly Rector of Bosworth. I went to the spot, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Lynes, of Kirkby-Malory.
Page 221 - And bravely strove in fight ; but unsustain'd My ENGLISH left me in the luckless field, Where I to Henry's arms was forc'd to yield. Yet at his cost my corse this tomb obtains. Who piously interr'd me, and ordains • That regal honours wait a king's remains. Th...
Page 193 - ... will make ready and what captains and leaders you get to conduct, be prepared to pass over the sea with such force as my friends here are preparing for me. And if I have such good speed and success as I wish, according to your desire, I shall ever be most forward to remember and wholly to requite this your great and most loving kindness in my just quarrel. ' Given under our signet. 'HR 'I pray you to give credence to the messenger of that he shall impart to you1.
Page xiv - ... this profound darkness falls upon us just on the eve of the restoration of letters, and when the art of printing was already known in Europe.
Page 203 - Richard Duke of Gloucester, lately called King Richard, was lately slain at a place called Sandeford, within the shire of Leicester, and there was laid openly, that every man might see and look upon him.
Page 200 - Between both armies there was a great morass, which the Earl of Richmond left on his right hand, for this intent, that it should be on that side a defence for his part : and in so doing he had the sun at his back and in the faces of his enemies.
Page 97 - Richmond having pafled thefe difficulties unmolefted, flowly marched up the afcent, where the wood now ftands, the morafs formed by King Richard's well, being on his right, and the fun, not on his back, or his right hand, but between both; the King's troops looking on with their bows bent. As Henry marched forwards he feemed to drive Sir William before him, for in half an hour he would pafs over the camp he had quitted. Sir William advanced to the north of the hill, and took his ftation near Amyon-kys.