To his Grace D: Thomas Herring,
Lord Archbishop of YORK
This Plate w humbly Inscribed by his

Gracés most obedient Serv.!

Joseph Grove

N Parr Soulp

THE

HIS TO RY

OF THE

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LIFE and TIMES

OF

Cardinal WOLSET,

Prime Minister to King Henry VIII.
1. Of his Birth, and the various to his Disgrace and Death, in-

Steps he took to attain Pré. cluding the general Transac.
ferment, connected with Af.

tions of Europe.
fairs, both Foreign and Do- III. Memoirs of the Emperor
mestick, from the Death of CHARLES V. Henry VIII.
EDWARD IV. to the End and FRANCIS I. from the De.
of the Reign of Henry mise of the Cardinal, to their
VII.

respective Deaths.
II. Of his Conduct and Ma- IV. The Secret History of the

nagement while Prime Mini- Cardinal, by George Caven-
fter, commencing with the dish, Esq; his Gentleman-usher,
Reign of HENRY VIII. and written in the Reign of Philip
continued by way of Annals and MARY.

In which are interspersed
The Lives and memorable ACTIONS of the most eminent

Persons: And the whole illustrated with Political and

Moral Reflections.
Collected from Antient RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, and

HISTORIANS.

Adorn'd with Cuts, and a compleat INDEX.
Ne quid Falfi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. Cic.

Oh fatal Love of Fame! Ob glorious Heat !
Only destructive to the Brave and Great. Addis.

By JOSEPH GROVE, Gent.
The SECOND EDITION, VOL. IV.

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Printed for J. Wood, at the Royal-Exchangde

MDCCXLVIII.