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Richard the Third, iii 1466, and later Richard, when lord protector, was lodged there.

White-Friars. According to Holinshed the body was conveyed to Blackfriars. See note on I. ii. 1 above.

Cf. Titus Andronicus, II. i. 82, 83: 'She is a woman, therefore may be woo'd; She is a woman, therefore may be won.'

three months since. Tewkesbury was fought on May 4; Henry was buried on May 23, 1471.

the trust of Richard Gloucester. ' the duke of Glocester bare him in open sight so reuerentlie to the prince that at the councell next assembled he was made the onelie man, chosen and thought most meet to be protector of the king and his realme; so that (were it destinie or were it follie) the lambe was betaken to the woolfe to keepe.' Holinshed, iii. 716. More, 22/31. The historical date of Richard's appointment is April or May, 1483.

determin'd, not concluded yet. I.e. it has been decided on, but has not yet been made official.

Derby. Thomas, Lord Stanley, was not created Earl of Derby until 1485. Shakespeare has either confused this Lord Stanley with Sir William Stanley, or thought Thomas, Lord Stanley, later the Earl of Derby, two different men. In the Folio he is called Stanley during the third, fourth, and fifth acts.

Countess Richmond. Margaret Beaufort, daughter of the Duke of Somerset. She married in 1455 Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond. She married next Lord Henry Stafford, and her third husband was Thomas, Lord Stanley. See preceding note.

The Folio omits 114; the Quarto, 116.

Ere you were queen, ay, or your husband king. Edward became king in 1460 when Richard was