Selden John, 1584-1654 · London : Printed by E. Tyler, and R. Holt, for Thomas Dring · leaf 176
rths,Henry the Fifts,is not otherwife, although I have read fomewhere, (as Iremember,in a Book of the Inftitution of the Garter written under HenryVIII.) that Henry the Fift firft made him an Imperial Crown. Some o-thers m have attributed the firft ufe of it to King Edward III. At leaftthey fay,… … C h a p. VIII. The Firft Fart. 13 5 Sixts in his great Seal differ from that of Henry V. But in fome of hisCoins, it is both fleurie and archd with a globe a nd cro(s on thearch, almoft like the Imperial Crown of England worn at this day.The like form is on Edward the fourth in his greatSeal,…
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