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Title: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

Author: George Cavendish

Contributor: George Wyatt

Editor: Samuel Weller Singer


Release date: January 23, 2017 [eBook #54043]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN.
ENGRAVED BY E. SCRIVEN, AFTER
THE ORIGINAL PICTURE BY HOLBEIN.

London, Published Jan. 1, 1825, by Harding, Triphook & Lepard.

THE
LIFE
OF
CARDINAL WOLSEY.

BY

GEORGE CAVENDISH,

HIS GENTLEMAN USHER.

FROM THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT.

WITH

NOTES AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS,

BY

SAMUEL WELLER SINGER, F.S.A.

Snake emblem

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON,

FOR HARDING AND LEPARD, PALL MALL EAST.

MDCCCXXVII.

Crest with Stags, Shield, and banner reading CAVENDO TUTUS

TO HIS GRACE

THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE,

THIS REVIVAL OF A MOST INTERESTING

SPECIMEN OF COTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY,

BY HIS COLLATERAL ANCESTOR

GEORGE CAVENDISH,

IS WITH PERMISSION DEDICATED

BY HIS GRACE’S OBLIGED AND

OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,

S. W. SINGER.