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22 King Edward's reign, and ſaved by her means, as he ſaw her paſs along, in gratitude for her kindneſs, would trundle a penny loaf after her, which ſhe thankfully received, and bleſſed him with tears in her eyes; but ſome malicious neighbour informing againſt him, he was taken up and hanged for diſobeying King Richard's proclamation, which ſo terrified others, that they durſt not relieve her with any thing; o that, in miſerable rags, almoſt naked, ſhe went about a moſt ſhocking ſpectacle, wringing her hands, and bemoaning her unhappy fate.

Thus the continued till the battle of Boſworth-field, where Richard was lain by Henry Earl of Richmond, who ſucceeded him by the name of Henry the VII.; in which reign ſhe hoped for better days; but fortune raiſed her another adverſary, for he married Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of Edward IV. and King Edward's Queen, who mortally hated her, then bearing a great ſway, another pro-