THE

HISTORY

OF THE

LIFE and TIMES

OF

Cardinal W OLSEY,

Prime Minister to King HENRY VIII.

I. Of his Birth, and the various

to his Difgrace and Death, in-
cluding the general Tranfac-
tions of Europe.

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.

Memoirs of the Emperor CHARLES V. HENRY VIII. and FRANCIS I. from the Demife of the Cardinal to their respective Deaths.

II. Of his Conduct and Ma-IV. The fecret Hiftory of the

nagement while Prime Minifter, (commencing with the Reign of HENRY VIII.) and continued by way of Annals]]

In which are

Cardinal, by George Caven-
difh, Efq; his Gentleman Ufher,
written in the Reign of PHILIP
and MARY.

interspersed

The LIVES and memorable ACTIONS of the most 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.
Oh fatal Love of Fame! Oh glorious Heat!
Only deftructive to the Brave and Great,

ADDIS.

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

LONDON:

Printed by J. PURSER, for the AUTHOR,
And fold by J. STAGG, in Westminster-Hall; J. BRINDLEY, in
Bond-freet; R. CHANDLER and C. WARD, at Temple-Bar,
York and Scarborough; L. GILLIVER, and J. WHISTON, in
Fleet-freet; J. HUGGONSON, on Ludgate-Hill; T. ASTLEY, in
St. Paul's Church-Yard; R. WILLOCK, J. WOOD, J. CLARKE,
and W. MEADOws, in Cornhill; and J. WALTHOE, at Rich
mend in Surry. MDCCXLII.

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