State-worthies, or, The states-men and favourites of England since the reformation their prudence and policies, successes and miscarriages, advancements and falls, during the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles I.
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State-worthies, or, The states-men and favourites of England since the reformation their prudence and policies, successes and miscarriages, advancements and falls, during the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles I.
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Lloyd, David, 1635-1692.
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London :: Printed by Thomas Milbourne for Samuel Speed ...,
1670.
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Statesmen -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Favorites, Royal -- England -- Sources.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Sources.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.
Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Early works to 1800.
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"State-worthies, or, The states-men and favourites of England since the reformation their prudence and policies, successes and miscarriages, advancements and falls, during the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles I." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A48794.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.
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Observations on the Lives of the Clif∣fords, Earls of Cumberland.
THE name hath been for three Ages ancient and Noble, and in this last Age Warlike and serviceable: They had the govern∣ment of the N••rth in their own right for an hun∣dred years, and the Hereditary Sheriff-dom of Westmo••land in right of the Vip••nts their Relations for two.—Henry the first Earl of Cumberland, was raised by Henry the Eighth to that Honour, 1525, for his service at Teurnay and Berwick. Henry his son was by Queen Mary honoured with the Garte•• for his conduct against Wyat; and by Queen E••iz. graced with peculiar favours for his Industry, Inte∣grity and Vigilance in the North. As Natu••e, ••o
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Nobility subsists and growes by the same thing that it is made of: Vertue that creates, supports it.
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