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Tudor,) had been carried into Britanny by his uncle, the earl of Pembroke, after the battle of Tewkesbury, where he had resided until now. It was suggested by Morton, to Buckingham, that the best method of overturning the present government, would be to contract a marriage between the earl of Richmond and the princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of king Edward, and thereby blend the families, which had so long been the source of intestine wars. The countess-dowager of Richmond, and the queen-dowager, readily acceded to this scheme; and the latter, secretly borrowing a sum of money in the city, sent it over to the earl, requiring his oath to celebrate the marriage with her daughter as soon as he should arrive in England; advised him to levy as many foreign troops as possible; and promised to join him, on his first appearance, with all the friends and partisans of her family. The plan being thus laid, it was secretly communicated to the principal persons of both parties in all the counties of England. Richard soon received intelligence that his enemies, headed by the duke of Buckingham, was forming some design against his authority. He immediately levied troops in the north, and summoned the duke to appear at court. But that nobleman, well