THE

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THE

HISTORY

OF THE

LIFE and TIMES

OF

Cardinal W OLSEY,

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

I. 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 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. WALTHOF, at Rich-

mond in Surry. MDCCXLII,