Excerpt from The Life and Death of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal, Once Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor of England: Containing: 1. The Origin of His Promotion, and the Way He Took to Obtain It; 2. The Continuance in His Magnificence; 3. His Negotiations Concerning the Peace With France and the Netherlands; 4. His Fall, Death, and Burial For a long time it remained only in manuscript, and is quoted by Lord Herbert in his History of Henry and by Burnet in his History of the Reformation.' It was at length printed for Dorman Newman, and dedicated to the Marquis of Dorset, in 1667. This is the first edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.