Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (6 of 9) / Richard the Third, Third Sonne to Richard Duke of Yorke, and Uncle to Edward the Fift

An. Reg. 1.
1483.
( ) This that is here betwéene this marke & this marke ( ) was not written by maister More in this historie written by him in English, but is translated out of this historie which he wrote in Latine.
( ) The next daie the protector with a great traine went to Westminster hall, & there when he had placed himselfe in the court of the Kings bench, declared to the audience, that he would take vpon him the crowne in that place there, where the king himselfe sitteth and ministreth the law, bicause he considered that it was the chiefest dutie of a king to minister the lawes. Then with as pleasant an oration as he could, he went about to win vnto him the nobles, the merchants, the artificers, and in conclusion all kind of men, but especiallie the lawiers of this realme. And finallie to the intent that no man should hate him for feare, and that his deceitfull clemencie might get him the good will of the people, when he had declared the discommodities of discord, & the cōmodities of concord & vnitie, he made an open proclamation, that he did put out of his mind all enimities, and that he there did openlie pardon all offenses committed against him.
----rides? maiore cachinno Concutitur; flet, si lachrymas aspexit amici; Frigescis? friget: si dixeris, æstuo, sudat.]
From this marke ( ) to this ( ) is not found in sir Thomas More , but in maister Hall and Grafton .
Sollicitæ mentes spéque metúque pauent.]
The fourth daie of Iulie he came to the Tower by water with his wife, and the fift daie he created Thomas lord Howard duke of Norffolke, and sir Thomas Howard his sonne he created earle of Surrie, and William lord Berkeleie was then created erle of Nottingham, and Francis lord Louell was then made vicount Louell, and the king his chamberleine, and the lord Stanleie was deliuered out of ward, for feare of his sonne the lord Strange, which was then in Lancashire, gathering men (as men said) and the said lord was made steward of the king his houshold: likewise the archbishop of Yorke was deliuered, but Morton bishop of Elie was committed to the duke of Buckingham to kéepe in ward, which sent him to his manour of Brecknocke in Wales, from whence he escaped to king Richard his confusion.