An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of James I., King of Great-Britain. 2. Ed |
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... revenge of James . Reflections on it . 41-53 . A great number of Scots attend James into England who are advanced to the highest bo- nours . 53 . The Scots fbare largely in his bounty at the ex- pence , and much to the regret of the Eng ...
... revenge of James . Reflections on it . 41-53 . A great number of Scots attend James into England who are advanced to the highest bo- nours . 53 . The Scots fbare largely in his bounty at the ex- pence , and much to the regret of the Eng ...
Page 10
... revenge of which , as was faid , his fon engaged in the confpiracy fo much talked " noblemen and others that attended him , had done " nothing but what their duties obliged them unto , " and which he took for a good fervice performed ...
... revenge of which , as was faid , his fon engaged in the confpiracy fo much talked " noblemen and others that attended him , had done " nothing but what their duties obliged them unto , " and which he took for a good fervice performed ...
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... revenge ; for the king's word was no fecurity , his promife could not be relied on , and no man was safe who affronted his favourite , who made a mere dupe of his mafter , and facrificed his honour on all occafions . A fure proof this ...
... revenge ; for the king's word was no fecurity , his promife could not be relied on , and no man was safe who affronted his favourite , who made a mere dupe of his mafter , and facrificed his honour on all occafions . A fure proof this ...
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... revenge of the two eldest fons , for their father's blood , but the death of the king , which . they attempted to have taken away at the earl's own houfe , August 5 , 1600 ( e ) -But they both loft their lives in the attempt , and ...
... revenge of the two eldest fons , for their father's blood , but the death of the king , which . they attempted to have taken away at the earl's own houfe , August 5 , 1600 ( e ) -But they both loft their lives in the attempt , and ...
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... revenge . - These are the reasons which may in- duce fome perfons to doubt about the truth of Gowry's confpiracy ; whether they are fufficient the confiderate reader will determine . However , one reflection natu- rally arifes from this ...
... revenge . - These are the reasons which may in- duce fome perfons to doubt about the truth of Gowry's confpiracy ; whether they are fufficient the confiderate reader will determine . However , one reflection natu- rally arifes from this ...
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Page 41 - Witches ought to be put to death, according to the law of God, the civil and imperial law, and the municipal law of all Christian nations...
Page 192 - First, that you do not meddle with the main points of government; that is my craft ... to meddle with that were to lessen me.
Page 49 - Scotland; who being of a provident nature (contrary to his brother the Lord Viscount St. Alban's), and well knowing the advantage of a dangerous secret, would many times cunningly let fall some words, as if he could much amend his fortunes under the Cecilians (to whom he was near of alliance, and in blood also), and who had made (as he was not unwilling should be believed) some great proffers to win him away : which once or twice he pressed so far, and with such tokens and signs of apparent discontent,...
Page 131 - Articles of Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both provinces, and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord...
Page 42 - ... take up any dead man, woman, or child out of his, her, or their grave, or any other place where the dead body resteth, or the skin, bone, or any other part of any dead person...
Page 27 - God that he was born in the time of the light of the gospel, and in such a place, as to be king of such a church, the sincerest [purest] kirk in the world.
Page 246 - Solomon was a writer in prose and verse; so, in a very pure and exquisite manner, was our sweet Sovereign King James. Solomon was the greatest patron we ever read of to church and churchmen; and yet no greater (let the house of Aaron now confess) than King James.
Page 56 - Made him and half his nation Englishmen. Scots from the northern frozen banks of Tay, With packs and plods came Whigging all away, Thick as the locusts which in Egypt swarmed...
Page 71 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine ; nor for princes strong drink : 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Page 151 - Englishmen, tying them back to back, and then cutting their throats, when they had traded with them a whole month, and came to them on the land without so much as one sword ; and it may not be lawful for your majesty's subjects, being charged first by them, to repel force by force ; we may justly say, O miserable English...