. The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey . BOSTON AND NEW YORKHOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANYMDCCCCV IS EDITION CONSISTS OF IO3O COPIESPRINTED AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESSCAMBRIDGE MDCCCCV INTRODUCTORY NOTE George Cavendish, author of the Life of Cardinal Wolsey, thefirsttrue biography written in England, was born in 1500, and died in1561. He was the eldest son of Thomas Cavendish, Clerk of thePipe in the Exchequer. In 1524 he was married to a niece of SirThomas More. Two years later, in 1526, he took service in thesuite of Cardinal Wolsey, abandoning as the Cardinal said, hisown country, wife and child
. The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey . BOSTON AND NEW YORKHOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANYMDCCCCV IS EDITION CONSISTS OF IO3O COPIESPRINTED AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESSCAMBRIDGE MDCCCCV INTRODUCTORY NOTE George Cavendish, author of the Life of Cardinal Wolsey, thefirsttrue biography written in England, was born in 1500, and died in1561. He was the eldest son of Thomas Cavendish, Clerk of thePipe in the Exchequer. In 1524 he was married to a niece of SirThomas More. Two years later, in 1526, he took service in thesuite of Cardinal Wolsey, abandoning as the Cardinal said, hisown country, wife and children, his own house and family, his restand quietness, only to serve me. In the four years that intervenedbetween this time and Wolseys fall and death, Cavendish was hisdevoted servitor. He was with him in the time of his adversity, andwas present at his death. Cavendish seems deeply to have meditated the dramatic spectaclewhich his masters life presented, and to have taken to heart itslesson of the wondrous mutability of vain honours, th
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