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Coverdale, Miles

(Encyclopedia) Coverdale, Miles, 1488–1569, b. Yorkshire. English translator of the Bible, educated at Cambridge. Coverdale was ordained (1514) and entered the house of Augustinian friars at…

Henry I, king of England

(Encyclopedia) Henry I, 1068–1135, king of England (1100–1135), youngest son of William I. He was called Henry Beauclerc because he could write. He quarreled with his elder brothers, William II of…

Eton

(Encyclopedia) Eton Eton ēˈtən [key], town, Windsor and Maidenhead, central England, on the Thames River…

Philip I, king of France

(Encyclopedia) Philip I, 1052–1108, king of France (1060–1108), son and successor of Henry I. He enlarged, by arms and by diplomacy, his small royal domain. In order to prevent the union of England…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act II

Act IIScene ISaint Alban'sEnter King Henry VI, Queen Margaret, Gloucester, Cardinal, and Suffolk, with Falconers halloingQueen MargaretBelieve me, lords, for flying at the brook, I saw not…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act III

Act IIIScene IThe Abbey at Bury St. Edmund'sSound a sennet. Enter King Henry VI, Queen Margaret, Cardinal, Suffolk, York, Buckingham, Salisbury and Warwick to the ParliamentKing Henry VII…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 3), Act II

Act IIScene IA plain near Mortimer's Cross in HerefordshireA march. Enter Edward, Richard, and their powerEdwardI wonder how our princely father 'scaped, Or whether he be 'scaped away or no…