The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.T. Davies, 1771 - Great Britain |
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... also , that all who denied the king's fupremacy , or afferted the pope's , fhould , for the first offence , forfeit their goods and chat- tels , and fuffer imprisonment during pleasure ; for the second offence they were to incur the ...
... also , that all who denied the king's fupremacy , or afferted the pope's , fhould , for the first offence , forfeit their goods and chat- tels , and fuffer imprisonment during pleasure ; for the second offence they were to incur the ...
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... also enacted , permitting priests to marry ; the ceremony of auricular confeffion , though not abolished , was left at the difcretion of the people , who were not displeased at being freed from the fpiritual tyranny of their instructors ...
... also enacted , permitting priests to marry ; the ceremony of auricular confeffion , though not abolished , was left at the difcretion of the people , who were not displeased at being freed from the fpiritual tyranny of their instructors ...
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... also , loft all right of fucceeding ; that as the three princeffes were thus legally excluded , the fucceffion naturally devolved to the marchionefs of Dorfet , whofe next heir was the lady Jane Grey , a lady every way accomplished for ...
... also , loft all right of fucceeding ; that as the three princeffes were thus legally excluded , the fucceffion naturally devolved to the marchionefs of Dorfet , whofe next heir was the lady Jane Grey , a lady every way accomplished for ...
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... also ; he had been joined in a confederacy with Sir Peter Carew , to make an infurrection in the counties of Kent , Warwick , and Leicef- ter ; but his confederate's impatience engaging him to rife in arms before the day appointed ...
... also ; he had been joined in a confederacy with Sir Peter Carew , to make an infurrection in the counties of Kent , Warwick , and Leicef- ter ; but his confederate's impatience engaging him to rife in arms before the day appointed ...
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... also been scarce proclaimed queen , when Philip , who had been married to Mary , but who ever teftified a partiality in favour of Elizabeth , ordered his ambaffador in London , the duke of Feria , to make her propofals of marriage from ...
... also been scarce proclaimed queen , when Philip , who had been married to Mary , but who ever teftified a partiality in favour of Elizabeth , ordered his ambaffador in London , the duke of Feria , to make her propofals of marriage from ...
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