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of horsemen , Jews as well as Gentiles , at whose head was one who cried , * Prepare ye the way of the Lord , the son of David , who is just . ' The manner of his receiving authority from the Caliph was by the laying on of hands , on the day of which ceremony he rode in the second chariot of the realm , with all its dependent ornaments , wearing robes of silk with Phrygian embroidery , a noble tiara on the head , encircled by a white veil , similar to those , perhaps , now used in the service of the synagogue at Jerusalem , and round perhaps , now used in the service of the synagogue at Jerusalem , and round
this veil a rich chain of gold , so that he appeared in as high splendour as the Prophet Daniel himself at the court of the great Belshazzar , in Susa . The city of Bagdad , the rulers and chief people of which Benjamin of Tudela thus minutely describes , was then , to use his own words , seated in the most fertile part of the land of Senaar , or Shinar , abounding in fine gardens , producing excellent fruits , and being the rendezvous of merchants and traders from all parts of the world , as well as the focus of wisdom and science , and the school of philosophers and men learned in the mathematics , in astrology , and the doctrines of the Cabala . "
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Art . II . —History of the Reformation of Church of England . By H . Soames , M . A . 2 Vols . 8 vo . The History of the Reign of Henry VIIL , comprising the Political History of the Commencement of the English Reformation ,. By Sharon Turner , t . S . A . and R . A . S . L . Second edition . ' 2 Vols . 8 vo . History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans . By John Lingard , D . D . Vol . VI . Second edition . ( Concluded from p . 279 . )
The epithet metuendissimus was certainly never applied with more ntness to any prince than to Henry VIIL Dreaded equally by his friends and by his enemies , by those who had served and by those who had injured him , by the statesman whom he had called to his councils and the wife whom he had taken to his bosom , by the noble and by the humble , by stranger and by subject , he was regarded by all with feelings of apprehension and of terror . When Sir Thomas More was in favour , and the King came one
day unexpectedly to dine with him , and even condescended so far as to walk an hour with him in his garden , with one arm round his neck , Roper , Sir Thomas ' s son-in-law , congratulated him on this especial mark of royal kindness . " Son , " said More , " I thank our lord ; I find his grace my very good lord , indeed ; I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm . Howbeit , son Roper , I may tell thee , I have no cause to be proud thereof , for if my head would win him a castle in France it should not fail to go . "
Such was the opinion of Henry ' s justice and humanity formed by one who enjoyed ample opportunities of studying both ; but Mr . Turner has failed to discover in his character any traces of that natural cruelty which has hitherto been supposed to have deformed it . By the following extract our readers will be enabled to judge not only of the correctness of the view which the historian has taken of Henry ' s character in this respect , but also of the style of reasoning which distinguishes the work before us .
" One man ' s crime never justifies another ' s : but these recollections are important when we are considering i ( any peculiar denigration ought to be fixed upon Henry and his government for what occurred under the great Revolution , and ( as all but the friends of the popedom think ) under the fa-
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430 Revi € W . —English Reformation .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1827, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1797/page/38/
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