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A12738 The history of Great Britaine under the conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans Their originals, manners, warres, coines & seales: with ye successions, lives, acts & issues of the English monarchs from Iulius Cæsar, to our most gracious soueraigne King Iames. by Iohn Speed. Speed, John, 1552?-1629.; Schweitzer, Christoph, wood-engraver. 1611 (1611) STC 23045; ESTC S117937 1,552,755 623

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walsin_n in_o rich._n 2._o 2._o sellarij_fw-la filia_fw-la a_o saddler_n daughter_n some_o aay_n a_o joiner_n walse_v a_o new_a ●…tion_n of_o the_o king_n how_o to_o bring_v the_o popular_a lord_n to_o a_o trial_n the_o
lawyer_n send_v for_o to_o make_v treason_n treason_n at_o shrewsburie_n say_v hist._n lecestrens_n hist._n lecestrens_n lecestrens_n fulthorp_n vide_fw-la book_n of_o statut._n a._n 11._o rich._n 2._o cap._n 4._o 4._o those_o article_n be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o book_n of_o statu_fw-la a._n 21._o r._n 〈◊〉_d c._n 12_o 12_o in_o ms._n it_o i●…_n ratis_fw-la for_o crat●…_n in_o likelihood_n h●…st_n 〈◊〉_d the_o popular_a lord_n bold_a answer_n to_o the_o king_n the_o king_n reply_n the_o lord_n ●…harge_v the_o king_n with_o sundry_a matter_n an._n d._n 1388._o an._n reg._n 11._o 11._o stat._n a●…_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 1_o the_o rough_a and_o harsh_a behaviour_n of_o the_o lord_n person_n remove_v from_o about_o the_o king_n historia_n lecestren_a the_o duke_n of_o new_a troy_n or_o london_n london_n an._n 10._o &_o 11._o rich._n 2._o a._n d._n 1389._o a._n reg_fw-la 12._o the_o king_n declare_v himself_o to_o be_v of_o age_n and_o take_v the_o government_n upon_o he_o he_o he_o be_v founder_n of_o the_o two_o famous_a college_n in_o oxford_n and_o winchester_n winchester_n roder._n santius_n archiep._n toletan_n hist._n hisp._n part_n 4_o cap._n 22._o 22._o polyd._n verg._n l._n 20_o hist._n ang._n ang._n froissard_n froissard_n tho._n wals._n the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n in_o his_o distress_n call_v upon_o god_n and_o be_v hear_v *_o roder._n san._n qua_fw-la supra_fw-la condition_n of_o perpetual_a amity_n between_o the_o k._n of_o spain_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n lancaster_n tho._n walsin_n in_o ric._n 2._o 2._o fabian_n caxton_n caxton_n holinsh._n pag._n 450._o 450._o ypod._n neust._n neust._n holinshed_n the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n do_v good_a office_n the_o duke_n of_o york_n carriage_n worthy_o praise_v a._n d._n 1390._o an._n reg_fw-la 13._o the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n make_v duke_n of_o aquitaine_n henry_n of_o bullingbroke_n seek_v adventure_n into_o germany_n germany_n a._n r._n 13._o vid._n lib._n stat._n stat._n ypod._n neust._n 544._o ibid._n p._n 545._o 545._o 〈◊〉_d frigore_fw-la turbat●…_n a._n d._n 1391._o 1391._o ypod._n neust._n neust._n r●…mipetis_n r●…mipetis_n joh._n stow._n call_v he_o earl_n of_o northumberland_n a._n d._n 1392._o london_n in_o disgrace_n with_o the_o king_n king_n tho._n wall_n wall_n fabian_z &_o caxton_n but._n stow_n mistike_n their_o addition_n of_o other_o disorder_n disorder_n ypod._n neust._n a._n d._n 1393._o a._n d._n 1394._o 1394._o ypod._n neust._n the_o death_n of_o queen_n anne_n and_o many_o great_a lady_n the_o famous_a sir_n john_n hawkwood_n die_v die_v paul_n 〈◊〉_d in_o ●…log_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d julius_n feroldus_n feroldus_n tho._n walsin_n ypod._n neust._n an._n d._n 1396._o 1396._o doct._n tayler_n ex_fw-la autograph●…_n ipsius_fw-la a._n d._n 15●…_n a_o excellent_a note_n concern_v the_o vanity_n of_o worldly_a ambition_n in_o prince_n prince_n froissard_n the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n marry_v the_o lady_n katherine_n swinford_n swinford_n stow_z holinsh._n err_v in_o say_v but_o three_o a_o peace_n and_o marriage_n with_o france_n a._n d._n 1397._o a._n reg_fw-la 20._o 20._o hist._n ang._n lib._n 20._o 20._o ypod._n neust._n grafton_n chron._n chron._n fabian_n concor_fw-fr hist._n hist._n a_o french_a pamphlet_n apud_fw-la joh._n stowe_n in_o hollinsh_fw-mi pag._n 488._o lanquet_n epito●…_n epito●…_n hist._n angl._n li._n 20._o 20._o tho._n walsin_n walsin_n grafton_n io._n stow._n annal._n annal._n milles._n p._n 427._o 427._o ypod_n neust._n a._n reg_fw-la 21._o 21._o libr._n statut._n an._n 21._o rich._n 2._o cap._n 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d br●…ad_n an._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d holinsh._n the_o earl_n of_o arandel_n behead_v the_o duke_n of_o gloucester_n murder_v a._n d._n 1398._o libr._n statu_fw-la an._n 21._o rich._n 2._o cap._n 12._o 12._o tho._n walsin_n walsin_n book_n of_o statut●…_n a._n ric._n 2._o 21._o ca._n 12._o artic_a 6._o 6._o tho._n walse_v the_o king_n prince_n of_o chester_n create_v duke_n and_o other_o state_n state_n hist._n ang._n lib._n 20._o 20._o ypod_n neust._n an._n d._n 1399._o an._n reg._n 22._o 22._o ypod_n neust._n neust._n tho._n wals._n in_o r._n 2._o 2._o annal._n hibern_n apud_fw-la cambd._n cambd._n annal._n hibern_n apud_fw-la cambd._n cambd._n tho._n wall_n wall_n ed._n 2._o §._o 33._o &_o 34._o king_n richard_n resign_v upon_o michaelmas_n day_n a._n d._n 1340._o 1340._o holinsh._n pa._n 504_o 504_o d._n hayward_n i●…_n hen._n 4._o 4._o fabia_n concord_n hist._n say_v thirty_o and_o eight_o eight_o tho._n wals._n wals._n ypod._n neust._n neust._n ypodigma_fw-la neust._n ypod._n neust._n neust._n fab._n 1._o concord_n hist._n holinsh._n ex_fw-la fab._n a_o necessary_a protestation_n protestation_n mornay_n myst._n iniquit_fw-la p._n 482._o 482._o into_o bohemia_n opera_fw-la io._n huss_n to._n 2._o 2._o walfi_n p._n 205._o &_o p._n 208._o 208._o ibid._n p._n 285._o 285._o p._n 327._o 327._o p._n 285._o 285._o c●…lmen_fw-mi sapientia_fw-la &_o scientia_fw-la p._n 201._o 201._o p._n 286._o 286._o p._n 201._o 201._o bulla_n gregorij_fw-la ib._n ib._n vide_fw-la open_fw-mi joh._n huss_n 10._o 2._o 2._o nimio_fw-la fau●…re_fw-la p●…ocerum_fw-la &_o militum_fw-la walsin_n p._n 351._o &_o p._n 328._o 328._o ypod._n neust._n p_o 552._o ibid._n ibid._n varia_n wicliffi_n m._n s._n in_o biblioth_n oxon._n oxon._n tho._n wall_n p._n 285._o 285._o ib._n pag._n 283._o 283._o an._n 1385._o 1385._o walsi_n p._n 312._o ypod._n neust._n p._n 537._o 537._o atri_fw-la ditis_fw-la be_v in_o m._n s_o not_o in_o the_o print_a copy_n monarch_n 51_o henry_n four_o four_o tho._n walsin_n walsin_n exit_fw-la anonym_n apud_fw-la io._n stow._n annal._n holinsh_fw-mi p._n 515._o polyd._n verg._n lib._n 21._o 21._o hall_n chron._n chron._n shellie_n as_o other_o have_v it_o it_o fab_n conc._n hist._n hist._n harst_o cap._n 119._o 119._o hall_n chron._n holinsh._n p._n 516._o 516._o tho._n walse_v the_o late_a king_n richard_n starve_v to_o death_n death_n ypod._n neust._n neust._n annal._n in_o h._n 4._o 4._o sir_n john_n f●…rtescue_n f●…rtescue_n chron._n c._n 200._o 200._o in_o yorkshire_n pag._n 567._o 567._o hist._n angl._n 20._o in_o ●…in_n rich._n 2._o the_o fiction_n of_o tant●…lus_n verify_v in_o king_n richard_n richard_n lanquet_n chron._n in_o hen._n 4._o 4._o fab._n conc._n chron._n chron._n holinsh._n p._n 517._o 517._o lib._n 16._o a_o counterfeit_a king_n richard_n bury_v in_o scotland_n tho._n wall_n in_o hen._n 4._o ad_fw-la an._n d._n 1044._o richard_n dead_a body_n show_v open_o at_o london_n from_o thence_o be_v carry_v to_o langley_n and_o afterward_o to_o westminster_n westminster_n thom._n walse_v in_o henr._n 4._o 4._o fab._n conc._n hist._n hist._n annal._n annal._n ypod._n neust._n neust._n hist._n 51._o li._n 16._o &_o by_o belindens_n division_n cap._n 13_o owen_n glendowr_n draw_v the_o welsh_a into_o rebellion_n rebellion_n hist._n of_o wales_n d._n powel_n p._n 385._o 386._o 387._o 387._o sir_n edw._n cook_n epist._n part_n 3._o report_n king_n henry_n enter_v north-wales_n with_o a_o army_n war_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d p●…e_n p●…e_n p●…e_n 〈◊〉_d s●…_n ●…4_n a_o 2._o c._n ●…5_n an._n d._n 1401._o an._n reg._n 2_o 2_o polyd._n verg._n hist_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 21._o 21._o tho._n wall_n wall_n holinsh._n chron._n frossard_n the_o form_n of_o redeliver_v queen_n i●…abel_n to_o the_o french_a the_o king_n in_o danger_n to_o be_v slay_v or_o wound_v an._n 1402._o 1402._o fab._n chron._n ad_fw-la a._n d._n 1400._o 1400._o in_o hen._n 4._o 4._o polyd._n verg●…_n 21._o 21._o holinsh._n p._n 520._o the_o late_a king_n richard_n though_o dead_a suffer_v not_o k._n henry_n to_o rest_n tho._n wals._n ypod_n the_o devil_n appear_v in_o essex_n essex_n cambd_a in_o northumb_n p._n 675._o 675._o pol._n verg._n lib._n 21._o 21._o hect._n boet._n l._n 16._o henry_n hotspur_v fortune_n against_o the_o scot_n the_o incredible_a force_n of_o the_o old_a english_a archery_n the_o sum_n of_o the_o great_a victory_n at_o halidown_n hill_n hill_n tho._n wals._n polyd._n verg._n have_v not_o a_o word_n in_o particular_a of_o this_o so_o great_a a_o action_n the_o lord_n mortimer_n die_v a_o prisoner_n among_o the_o wesh_n wesh_n cambd._n p._n 675._o in_o northumberland_n a._n d._n 1403._o 1403._o joh._n tilius_fw-la chr._n chr._n ypod._n neust._n &_o in_o histor._n a_o strange_a presage_a apparition_n of_o war_n war_n he●…_n bo●…_n lib._n 16._o cause_n of_o the_o lord_n ●…rcies_o dangerous_a rebellion_n rebellion_n thom._n walse_v walse_v cambd._n in_o northumberland_n the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n to_o be_v share_v among_o the_o conspirator_n conspirator_n holinsh._n p._n 521._o the_o late_a dead_a king_n richard_n again_o afflict_v henry_n henry_n ypodig_n neust._n neust._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 〈◊〉_d thomas_n percy_n earl_n of_o worce_n star_z cause_n of_o the_o battle_n at_o shrewsbury_n the_o terrible_a battle_n at_o shrewsbury_n shrewsbury_n thomas_n walse_v ho●…spurre_n and_o dowglas_n only_o seek_v to_o encounter_v the_o king_n person_n person_n tho._n walse_v walse_v ●…ibr_n 16._o 16._o many_o thousand_o together_o ●…aith_n walsingham_n the_o king_n use_v his_o victory_n