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THE

HIS TO RY

OF THE

LIFE and TIMES

OF

Cardinal WOLSET,

Prime Minister to King Henry VIII.
1. Of his Birth, and the various to his Disgrace and Death, in-

Steps he took to attain Pre. cluding the general Transac-
ferment, connected with Af

tions of Europe.
fairs, both Foreign and Do. III. Memoirs of the Emperor
mestick, from the Death of CHARLES V. Henry VIII.
EDWARD JV. to the End and Francis I. from the De-
of the Reign of HENRY mise of the Cardinal, to their
VII.

respective Deaths.
II. Of his Conduct and Ma- IV. The Secret History of the

nagement while Prime Mini- Cardinal, by George Caven.
fter, commencing with the dish, Esq; his Gentleman-usher,
Reign of Henry VIII, and written in the Reign of Philip
continued by way of Annals and MARY,

In which are interspersed
The LIVES and memorable Actions of the most eminent

Persons : And the whole illustrated with Political and

Moral Reflections.
Collected from Antient RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, and

HISTORIANS.

Adorn’d with Cuts, and a compleat Index.
Ne quid Falfi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. Cic.

Ob fatal Love of Fame! Oh glorious Heat !
Only destructive to the Brave

and Great. Addis,
By JOSEPH Grove, Gent.
The SECOND EDITION, VOL. III.

OF

LONDON
Printed for J. Wood, at the Royal-Exchange.

MDCCXLVIII."

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T has been an allowed Maxim in all
Ages, that Liberty and Learning ex-

ist and flourish together; for we find, in both antient and modern History, that wherever Commerce has prosper'd (as in Free States she only can) that the Liberal Arts have always found Protection and Encouragement.

I hope therefore, Sir, I shall neither offend you, by presuming to prefix your Name to this Third Volume of a Work intended to set Merit in its true Light; nor yet by mentioning some part of your amiable Character : Because every one will be ready to justify me when I say,

That

That your Candour and Benevolence, your Love of Science, and impartial Favour to Worth of every kind, with your Compassion to the Distressed, have eminently appear’d thro' your whole Conduet, which will perpetuate and endear your Name to latest Posterity.

That you may long enjoy the true Satisfa&ion, arising from such worthy and generous Principles and A&ions, is the sincere Wish of him, who is, with very great Respect and Esteem,

SIR,

* Your most devoted,

Humble Servant,

Richmond, Sept.

17, 1748.

J. GROVE.