... well by the surprising boldness of the enterprise, as by the views of profit. He was near succeeding. He had bound and wounded Edwards, the keeper of the jewel-office, and had gotten out of the ... pernicious counsels. The History of England, Volume I, Part VI 90 Lord Ashley, soon after known by the name of earl of Shaftesbury, was one of the most remarkable characters of the age, and the ... for the action, by pretending that it was a casual rencounter, arising from the obstinacy of the Dutch in refusing the The History of England, Volume I, Part VI 107 honors of the flag: but the...