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THE

ISTORY

Z and TIMES

!

THE

HISTORY

OF THЕ

LIFE and TIMES

OF

Cardinal WOLSEY,

Prime Minister to King HENRY VIII.

I. Of his Birth, and the various

Steps he took to attain Pre-

ferment, connected with Af-

fairs, both Foreign and Do-

mestick, from the Death of

EDWARD IV. to the End

of the Reign of HENRY

VII.

II. Of his Conduct and Ma-

nagement while Prime Mini-

ster, (commencing with the

Reign of HENRY VIII.) and

continued by way of Annals

In which are

to his Disgrace and Death, in-

cluding the general Tranfac-

tions of Europe.

to

III. Memoirs of the Emperor

CHARLES V. HENRY VIII.

and FRANCIS I. from the

Demise of the Cardinal

their respective Deaths.

IV. The fecret History of the

Cardinal, by George Caven-

dish, Esq; his Gentleman Usher,

written in the Reign of PHILIP

and MARY.

interspersed

The LIVEs and memorable ACTIONS of the most eminent
Perfons: And the whole illustrated with Political and
Moral Reflections.

Collected from antient RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, and

HISTORIANS.

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

ADDIS.

VOL. I. Adorn'd with Curs, and a compleat INDEX.

LONDON:

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Fleet-ftreet; J. HUGGONSON, on Ludgate-Hill; T. ASTLEY, in
St. Paul's Church-Yard; R. WILLOCK, J. WOOD, J. CLARKE,
and W. MEADOWS, in Cornbill; and J. WALTHOF, at Rich-
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