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The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth Author:William Shakespeare General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1891 Original Publisher: Clarendon Press Subjects: Great Britain Drama / General Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and the... more »re may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ACT II. Scene I. Buckingham's trial began on Monday, 13 May, 1521. He was beheaded on Friday, the 17th. 2. to the hall. ' Shortlie after that the duke had beene indicted . . . he was arreigned in Westminster hall, before the duke of Noffolke, being made by the kings letters patents high steward of England, to accomplish the high cause of appeale of the peere or peeres of the realme, and to disceme and iudge the cause of the peeres.' (Holinshed, p. 865-) 8. upon 't, as the consequence of the verdict. n-25. 'When the lords had taken their place, the duke was brought to the barre, and vpon his arreignement pleaded not guiltie and put himselfe vpon his peeres. Then was his indictment read, which the duke denied to be true, and (as he was an eloquent man) alledged reasons to falsifie the indictment; pleading the matter for his owne iustification verie pithilie and earnestlie. The kings attoumie against the dukes reasons alledged the examinations, confessions, and proofes of witnesses. ' The duke desired that the witnesses might bee brought foorth. And then came before him Charles Kneuet, Perke, de la Court,« less