[As soone as the earle had ended this admonition: “Sure,” sayd[1144]one, “I thinke the earle ofWarwicke(although hee were a glorious man) hath sayd no more of himselfe then what is true. For if hee had not had notable good vertues, or vertuous qualities, and vsed laudable meanes in his trade of life, the people would neuer haue loued him as they did: but God be with him, and send his soule rest, for sure his body neuer had any. And although he dyed, yet ciuil warres ceased not. For immediately after his death came queeneMargaretwith a power out ofFraunce, bringing with her her yong son princeEdward: and with such friends as she found here, gaue kingEdwarda battayl atTewkesbury, where both she and her son were taken prisoners withEadmundduke ofSomersether chiefe captayne: whose son lordIohn, and the earle ofDeuonshyrewere slayn in fight,[1145]and the duke himselfe with diuers other immediately beheaded. Whose infortunes are worthy to be remembred, chiefly princeEdward’s, whome the king for speaking trueth cruelly stroke with his gauntlet, and his brethren tyrannously[1146]murdered. But seing the time so far spent, I will passe them ouer, and with themFauconbridgethat ioly rouer beheaded atSouthampton: whose commotion made inKent, was cause of selyHenrye’sdestruction. And seing kingHenryhimselfe was cause of the destruction of many noble princes, being of all other most infortunate himselfe, I will declare what I haue noted in his vnlucky life: who wounded in prison with a dagger, may lament his wretchednesse in maner following.”]
[As soone as the earle had ended this admonition: “Sure,” sayd[1144]one, “I thinke the earle ofWarwicke(although hee were a glorious man) hath sayd no more of himselfe then what is true. For if hee had not had notable good vertues, or vertuous qualities, and vsed laudable meanes in his trade of life, the people would neuer haue loued him as they did: but God be with him, and send his soule rest, for sure his body neuer had any. And although he dyed, yet ciuil warres ceased not. For immediately after his death came queeneMargaretwith a power out ofFraunce, bringing with her her yong son princeEdward: and with such friends as she found here, gaue kingEdwarda battayl atTewkesbury, where both she and her son were taken prisoners withEadmundduke ofSomersether chiefe captayne: whose son lordIohn, and the earle ofDeuonshyrewere slayn in fight,[1145]and the duke himselfe with diuers other immediately beheaded. Whose infortunes are worthy to be remembred, chiefly princeEdward’s, whome the king for speaking trueth cruelly stroke with his gauntlet, and his brethren tyrannously[1146]murdered. But seing the time so far spent, I will passe them ouer, and with themFauconbridgethat ioly rouer beheaded atSouthampton: whose commotion made inKent, was cause of selyHenrye’sdestruction. And seing kingHenryhimselfe was cause of the destruction of many noble princes, being of all other most infortunate himselfe, I will declare what I haue noted in his vnlucky life: who wounded in prison with a dagger, may lament his wretchednesse in maner following.”]