The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey
dc.contributor | Lancashire, Ian |
dc.contributor.author | Cavendish, George |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T09:53:50Z |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T09:53:50Z |
dc.date.created | 1815 |
dc.date.issued | 1989-12-05 |
dc.identifier | ota:1346 |
dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/1346 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/1346 |
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dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
dc.rights.label | PUB |
dc.subject.other | Biographies |
dc.title | The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey |
dc.type | Text |
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otaterms.date.range | 1800-1899 |
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<1THE PROLOGE>1
<1Me Semes it Were no Wisdom to creadit>1 every light tale,
blazed by the blasphemous rnow<st>shes of rude commonalty, for
we dayly here how with there blasphemous trompe they spred
abrode innvmerable lyes, without ether shame or honestye
(which prima facie) sheweth forth a vysage of trw<st>she, as
thowghe it weare a perfet veritie, & matter in deede. where in
there is notheng more vntrwe, And anionge the wyse sorte so it
is esteemed, with whome these bablinges be of small force &
effect/ fforsothe I have redd thexclamations of divers woorthy
& notable authors made agaynste suche false Rumors & fonde
opinions of the fantasticall comonaltye, who delytith notheng
more then to here strainge thinges, And to see new alterations
of authorites, reioyseng somtyme in suche new fantises w<sch>s
afterwarde geveth them more occasion of repentans then of
Ioyfulnes. Thus maye all men of wisdom & discretion vnder-
stande the temerous madnes of the rvde comrnonalty . . .