[The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. by David Hume]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. CHAPTER XLIX 117/241
But the mortification followed soon after: the archbishop, though advanced to some ecclesiastical preferments.[***] received not encouragement sufficient to satisfy his ambition; he made his escape into Italy, where he died in confinement. * Rymer, tom.xvii.p.
217 ** Rymer, tom.xvii.p.
709. *** Rymer, tom.xvii.p.
96. NOTES. [Footnote 1: NOTE A, p.10.The parliament also granted the queen the duties of tonnage and poundage; but this concession was at that time regarded only as a matter of form, and she had levied these duties before they were voted by parliament.
But there was another exertion of power which she practiced, and which people in the present age, from their ignorance of ancient practices, may be apt to think a little extraordinary.
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