The history of the life and times of Cardinal Wolsey, prime minister to King Henry Viii. I. Of his Birth, and the various Steps he took to attain Preferment, connected with Affairs, both Foreign and Domestick, from the Death of Edward IV. to the End of the Reign of Henry Vii. II. Of his Conduct and Management while Prime Minister, commencing with the Reign of Henry Viii. and continued by way of Annals to his Disgrace and Death, including the general Transactions of Europe. III. Memoirs of the Emperor Charles V. Henry Viii. and Francis I. from the Demise of the Cardinal, to their respective Deaths. IV. The Secret History of the Cardinal, by George Cavendish, Esq; his Gentleman-Usher, written in the Reign of Philip 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. By Joseph Grove, Gent.

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MDCCXLVIII. [1748]