To the Right Honourable William Earl of Besborow This Plate is humbly Inscribed by his Lordships most humble &most obedient Servant Joseph Grove

THE

HISTORY

OF THE

LIFE and TIMES

O F

Cardinal WOLSEY,

Prime Minister to King HENRY VIII.

to his Difgrace and Death, in-

cluding the general Tranfac-

tions of Europe.

Memoirs of the Emperor

CHARLES V. HENRY VIII.

and FRANCIS I. from the

Demife of the Cardinal to

their respective Deaths.

The fecret Hiftory of the

Cardinal, by George Caven-

difb, Efq; his Gentleman Usher,

written in the Reign of PHILIP

and MARY.

1. Of his Birth, and the various

Steps he took to attain Pre-

ferment, connected with Af-

fairs, both Foreign and Do-III.

meftick, from the Death of

EDWARD IV. to the End

of the Reign of HENRY

VII,

II. Of his Conduct and Ma-IV.

nagement while Prime Mini-

fter, (commencing with the

Reign of HENRY VIII.) and

continued by way of Annals!
In which are

interspersed

The LIVES and memorable ACTIONS of the moft eminent
Perfons: And the whole illuftrated with Political and
Moral Reflections.

Collected from antient RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, and
HISTORIANS.

Ne quid Falfi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. Cic.
Ob fatal Love of Fame! Oh glorious Heat!
Only deftructive to the Brave and Great.

ADDIS.

VOL. II. Adorn'd with CUTS, and a compleat INDEX.

LONDON:

Printed by J. PURSER, for the AUTHOR,

And fold by J. STAGG, in Weftminfer-Hall; H. CHAPELLE,
in Grosvenor-ftreet; R. DODSLEY, in Pall mall; J. NOURSE and
R. SANDBY, at Temple-Bar, J. WORRAL, in Bell yard; J. WHIS-
TON, in Fleet-ftreet; T. ASTLEY, in St. Paul's Church-yard; J.
CLARKE, W.MEADOWS, J. CROKATT, and R. WILLOCK, at the
Royal Exchange; R. CHANDLER and C. WARD, at York and Scar-
borough; and J. HUGGONSON, on Ludgate-Hill. MDCCXLIII.

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RIGHT HONOURABLE

Arthur Onflow, Efq;

SPEAKER of the Honourable

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

THIS

SECOND VOLUME

OF THE

LIFE and TIMES

O F

Cardinal WOLSEY,

Is Moft Humbly DEDICATED,

BY

His moft Obedient,
Humble Servant,