To the Right Honourable William Earl of Besborow. This Plate is humbly Inscribed by his Lordships most humble &most obedient Servant Joseph Grove

O F

Cardinal W OLSEY,

Prime Minister to King HENRY VIII.

I. Of his Birth, and the various
Steps he took to attain Pre-
ferment, connected with Af-
fairs, both Foreign and Do-
mestick, from the Death of
EDWARD IV. to the End
of the Reign of HENRY
VII.

to his Difgrace and Death,"in cluding the general Tranfactions of Europe.

III. Memoirs of the Emperor CHARLES V. HENRY VIII. and FRANCIS I. from the Demife of the Cardinal to their respective Deaths.

The fecret Hiftory of the Cardinal, by George Cavendifh, Efq; his Gentleman Ufher; written in the Reign of PHILIP and MARY.

II. Of his Conduct and Ma-IV.
nagement while Prime Mini-
fter, (commencing with the
Reign of HENRY VIII.) and
continued by way of Annals
In which are

interspersed

The LIVES and memorable ACTIONS of the most eminent
Perfons And the whole illuftrated with POLITICAL
and MORAL Reflections.

Collected from antient RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, and
HISTORIANS.

1

Ne quid Falfi dicere audeat, ne quid Veri non audeat. Cic.
Oh fatal Love of Fame! Oh glorious Heat !
Only deftructive to the Brave and Great.

ADDIS.

VOL. IV.

Adorned with CUTS, and a compleat INDEX.

LONDON:

Printed, by J. PURSER, for the AUTHOR ;

And fold by J. and P. KNAPTON, W. MEADOWS, E. LEWIS,
D. BROWNE, J. STAGG, J. CLARKE, S. AUSTEN, T. AST-
LEY, C. DAVIS, J. HODGES, J. SHUCKBURGH, J. WORRAL,
C. BATHURST, R. WILLOCK, J. NOURSE, T. WALLER,
E. COMINS, E. WITHERS, W. SANDBY, H. CHAPELLE,
R. DODSLEY, and C. WARD at York.

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RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM, Earl of

HARRINGTON,

LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL,

THIS

FOURTH VOLUME

OF THE

LIFE and TIMES

O F

Cardinal WOLSEY,

Is Moft Humbly DEDICATED,

BY

His Lordship's

Moft Obedient,

Humble Servant,

J. Grove.