The exemplary lives and memorable acts of nine the most worthy women in the vvorld three Iewes. Three gentiles. Three Christians. Written by the author of the History of women.
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The exemplary lives and memorable acts of nine the most worthy women in the vvorld three Iewes. Three gentiles. Three Christians. Written by the author of the History of women.
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Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.
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London :: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Richard Royston, and are to be sold at the signe of the Angell in Ivie Lane,
1640.
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Women -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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"The exemplary lives and memorable acts of nine the most worthy women in the vvorld three Iewes. Three gentiles. Three Christians. Written by the author of the History of women." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03196.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.
Pages
Queene ELIZABETH.
A Character of Queene Elizabeth. 184
Her descent. 185
Her birth, baptisme; Queene Katherine the mother and Mary her daughter disabled of all regall clayme. 186
The Lady Elizabeths constellation, infancie, childhood. 187
Prince Edward created Prince of Wales. ibid.
The great love betwixt Edward and Elizabeth, brother and sister. 188
The death of King Henry the eighth. ibid.
Prince Edward proclaymed King, his Coronation. 189
The Lady Elizabeths first suiters, her modesty. 190
The death of King Edward the sixt, the Lady Jane pro∣claimed Queene. 191
The Duke of Northumberland sent against the Lady Mary. ib.
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Northumberland beheaded, the deaths of the Duke of Suf∣folke, the Lady Jane, and Guilford Dudley. 192
Mary proclaymed Queene. ib.
Her Coronation, the Lady Elizabeths troubles. 193
The Bishop of Winchester pursueth her life, her commit∣ting to the Tower. 194
Her cruell usage and patience, King Philip favoureth her. 195
An imposterous birth. ib.
King Phillip discovereth the plot, his departure out of the Land. 196