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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... in London, the face not covered but shown openly to all." Hardyng, a contemporary, who was brought up from twelve years of age in Sir Henry Percy's house, tells us that the Percies, in a written "quarrel," which they sent in to the king, thus charged him: "Thou didst cause our lord the king to be killed and murdered by hunger, thirst and cold, for fifteen days and nights; horrible to be heard." The Archbishop of York repeats the statement, but qualifies it by " ut vulgariter dicitur," and Sir John Fortesque,as quoted by Stowe, Annali, 616, ed. 1592, has the same story nearly in the prelate's own words. Hardyng, Polydore Vergil, Camden, &c, say much the same. The chronicle of Peter de Ickham (Harl. MS. 4323), states that on Richard's removal to Pontefract, " per tempos certum custodiebatur," and then "tandum a cibo et potu per quatuor aut quinque dies rest rictus," &c.: and that of Rastell says (p. 241): "Of tho manner of his detbe, be dyucrs opinyons; for some sayd that he was famysshed, and kept from mete five days; wherefore he dyed for honger; and some sayd that Sir Piers of Exton, with eight of his company fell, upon this Richard, and slewe him." If Richard was starved for no more than four or five days I cannot believe that he could possibly have died of hanger. According to Grafton (i. 483):--"Richard dyed of a violent death One wryter sayth that King Henry sitting at hys tabic, and sore sighing, sayde, have 1 no faythfull friende that will delyuer me from him whose lyfe will be my death, and whose death will be the preservation of my life? This saiyng was noted of them that were present, and specially of one called Sir Piers of Exton. This knight...
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