This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1630 Excerpt: ...& afurety to the Kings life & estate. To this ende he alfo praeticed to difpatch fuch oft he nobility as were like to oppofe againfl his mifcbeiuous drift, & in fuck fort either to encumber & weaken the refi, that theyjhould be noe impediments to him. In the meane time he endeavored to wtnne rht commonpcople both by ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1630 Excerpt: ...& afurety to the Kings life & estate. To this ende he alfo praeticed to difpatch fuch oft he nobility as were like to oppofe againfl his mifcbeiuous drift, & in fuck fort either to encumber & weaken the refi, that theyjhould be noe impediments to him. In the meane time he endeavored to wtnne rht commonpcople both by flraynedcurtefy & by loofenes if life, whereto hegaue not only licenceJbut.encouragement ami me ones.. t/fndtbe better to advance his intents he devifeth to in. tangle the regime not only with outward warre that with rumor thereof his dangerous diuicss might be obfcured, but but with inwardfedaion by flirting and nour.fhing difcontentments among the nobility gentry and commons ofthe rtklme. This he U'dvnder pretence of fuch matters as all men defiredmight be redrefled more gladly then heey but in a more quiet and felled time. But the time feemedmofi convenient for him when vnder the fweetepretcnce of rcteafe and M liberty liberie to the people might haue defiroied the lability and gentry, who are the defence and fafety of the people, andfo a. t pleafuro haue reduced allvnder his tyrannous fubierlion. Which how insupportable it would haue beene may well be conielinred bj his actions already pafi, what pride and infolency of his men made vp of naught what infiruments had he in eueryjhire to worke hispurpofes, tofpread his rumors, to harken and to carry tales? And thofe what flutter crsWhat hers How greedily gaping for other mes linings How vigilantto gropemens thoughts, and to picke out fimewhat whertef they might complaint and fuch vile vermine how deere were they to him and namely Iohn Bonham his one hand in Wilt/hire, Sir Gyles Partridge his other hand in Glocefter(hire,6- cujiomer in Wells, Piers country, his mu nifier...
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