Excerpt from A Complete History of England, Vol. 2: With the Lives of All the Kings and Queens Thereof, From the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of His Late Majesty King William III., Containing a Faithful Relation of All Affairs of State, Ecclesiastical and CivilThe firlt Office perform'd. By. Thefe Counfellorr, was mix'd betwixt Piety to their deceas'd Prince, and Duty to their new it being the belt con tinuance of that Regal Authority which {hould never die, to revive the memory thereof in that way only which is permitted, being Pomp and Ceremony. 'this appeared not only in a great mby 9 Funeral, but by that magnificent Structure in where the Chappel having been fi nifhed by Henry V II. Himfelfg'had the Tomh'after wards added and perfeéted by his Executor-s, 1519. Concerning which, though it be reported that the Ch¿ppel coil only 10000 1. Or, as Others He, fay, 14600 I.) and the'tom'h 1000 1. Yet as mo-'chapypel ney went then, it might be thought a fumptuous cofi but Monument, While the Obfequies and Rites were prepa April 23. Ring the particulars whereof Hall after his man Hall ner relates) King Henry retired privately. From Richmond (where his Father died to the Tower of London, both that he might with more leifure advife with his Council concerning the prefent Affairs of his Kingdom, as alfo the better to avoid thofe Salutes and Ac'clama'tions of the Peo ple, which could not but, be unfeafonable, till the Lamentations and Solemn-ity of his Father's Funeral were paf't. He thought n0t fit to min gle the Noifes. Here then it: was in the firft place re'fol-v'd to make good his Authority, as ha ving more undoubted Right to the Crown by the Union of the White - Rafe and the Red in his Perfon, than any King ever deliver'd to us by warranta ble Hiflory. For this End he found or took oc cafions. In one kind Henry Staford, Brother to the Duke of Buckingham, Terv'd for Example, who (upon I know nor what fufpicion was apprehended prefently, and committed to the Tower, which yet.leen1'd afterwards fo frivo lous, that to repair this Difgrace, he was the fame Year made Earl of Mlz¿nre. In the Other kind, Doctor Ruthall became the Object, being (together with one of his Council') made the fame Day Bifhop of Dnrefme. Thus, though it feems he hailed to take upon him the real Marks of Sovereignty, yet he fo temper'd them, as to leave his Subjects in hope of an even hand. Be~ fides, that he might ibew himfelf gracious to his Subjeéts, he not only! Confirm'd the Pardon his Father gave a little before his death for all Of fences, except Murder, Felony, and Treafon.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.