Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal Letters; from Autographs in the British Museum, and One Or Two Other Collections. 2d serHenry Ellis Harding and Lepard, 1827 |
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Página 82 - I sued my livery; my debts, at the least, two or three-and-twenty thousand pounds. Her Majesty's goodness hath been so great, as I could not ask more of her. No way left to repair myself but mine own adventure, which I had much rather undertake then to offend Her Majesty, with sutes, as I have done heretofore. If I speed well I will adventure to be rich; if not, I will never leiev to see the end of my poverty.
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Página 116 - Latin booke in her hand, began with teares and with loud and fast voice to pray in Latin ; and in the middest of her prayers she slided off from her stoole, and kneeling, said divers Latin prayers: and after the end of Mr. Deans prayer, she kneelinge, prayed in...
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Página 5 - Melv. p. 91. * On 1st February 1572. ' Madam! of late time I have received divers letters from you, to which you may well guess by the accidents of the time why I have not made any answer; but specially because I saw no matter in them that required any such answer as could have contented you ; and to have discontented you, had been but an increase of your impatience, which I thought time would have mitigated, as it commonly doth where the cause thereof is not truly grounded.
Página 338 - (worth the value of thirty shillings), took a resolution to rent the same in pieces, and to every feather tied a piece of packthread dyed in black ink, and gave them to divers persons, who (in derision) for a while wore them in their hats.