Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780521039710
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; c 1500 to c 1600; History; History - General History; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Western Europe - General; Edward--VI, --King of England, --1537-1553; Edward--VI,--King of England,--1537-1553; History / Great Britain; History : Western Europe - General; Europe - Great Britain - General
First sentence: If no man had written the goodnesse of noble Augustus, nor the pitie of mercifull Trajan, how shoulde their successours have folowed ther steppes in vertue and princely qualities: on the contrarie parte, if the crueltie of Nero, the ungracious life of Caligula had not beene put in remembrance, young Princes and fraile governors might likewise have fallen in a like pit, but by redyng their vices and seyng their mischeveous ende, thei bee compelled to leave their evill waies, and embrace the good qualities of notable princes and prudent governours: Thus, writyng is the keye to enduce vertue, and represse vice, Thus memorie maketh menne ded many a thousande yere still to live as though thei were present: Thus Fame triumpheth upon death, and renounce upon Oblivion, and all by reason of writyng and historie.