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 to die for a riot in King Edward’s reign, and ſaved by her means, as he ſaw her paſs along in gratitude for her kindneſs, trundeled a penny loaf after her, which ſhe thankfully took, 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, ſo that in miſerable rags and almoſt naked, ſhe went about a moſt ſhocking ſpectacle, wringing her hands, and bemoaning her unhappy circumſtances.

Thus ſhe continued till the battle of Bodworth field, wherein Richard was ſlain, by Henry earl of Richmond, who ſucceeded him by the name of Henry the ſeventh, in which reign ſhe hoped for better days. but fortune raiſed her another adverſary, for he married the eldeſt daughter of Edward the fourth; and King Edward’s Queen who mortally hated her, then bearing a great ſway, ſhe procured