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to_o revenge_v his_o royal_a blood_n for_o within_o a_o while_n the_o duke_n of_o clarence_n king_n edward_n brother_n be_v attaint_v of_o treason_n and_o private_o put_v to_o death_n in_o the_o tower_n as_o some_o say_v drown_v in_o a_o butt_n of_o malmsey_n king_n edward_n himself_o continual_o infest_a with_o trouble_n through_o his_o unquiet_a reign_n and_o people_n every_o where_o suffer_v through_o storm_n pestilence_n and_o loss_n by_o sea_n and_o land_n after_o his_o decease_n his_o two_o son_n murder_v by_o their_o unnatural_a uncle_n the_o duke_n of_o gloucester_n and_o that_o monster_n himself_o after_o a_o short_a usurpation_n slay_v in_o bosworth_n field_n as_o in_o the_o sequel_n shall_v more_o at_o large_a be_v show_v and_o thus_o i_o shall_v end_v with_o the_o death_n of_o this_o pious_a though_o unfortunate_a king_n who_o leave_v no_o issue_n his_o only_a son_n be_v murder_v as_o be_v before_o recite_v chap._n v._n
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murder_n from_o their_o youth_n the_o latter_a of_o they_o his_o horsekeeper_n to_o dispatch_v the_o king_n and_o his_o brother_n the_o duke_n of_o york_n who_o come_v in_o at_o midnight_n smother_v they_o to_o death_n with_o pillow_n lay_v upon_o they_o till_o they_o feel_v by_o their_o stillness_n they_o be_v dead_a and_o then_o lay_v their_o naked_a body_n upon_o the_o bed_n call_v their_o wicked_a master_n to_o behold_v the_o dismal_a spectacle_n who_o cause_v the_o body_n to_o be_v bury_v under_o the_o stair_n and_o a_o heap_n of_o stone_n to_o be_v lay_v on_o they_o and_o then_o post_v to_o tell_v the_o usurper_n what_o he_o have_v do_v who_o rejoice_v at_o the_o most_o execrable_a tragedy_n yet_o order_v their_o body_n to_o be_v remove_v thence_o which_o as_o the_o writer_n of_o most_o credit_n say_v be_v wrap_v up_o in_o lead_n and_o put_v in_o a_o coffin_n full_a of_o hole_n and_o throw_v into_o the_o tower_n ditch_n other_o affirm_v that_o they_o be_v throw_v into_o a_o 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inundation_n excessive_a so_o that_o few_o or_o none_o lament_v his_o fall_n who_o have_v murder_v two_o king_n and_o two_o prince_n of_o the_o blood_n royal_a their_o immediate_a heir_n and_o successor_n nor_o die_v king_n edward_n the_o six_o that_o pious_a prince_n and_o phoenix_n of_o the_o world_n without_o great_a suspicion_n of_o be_v poison_v for_o the_o earl_n of_o northumberland_n by_o his_o stratagem_n and_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o his_o faction_n have_v procure_v the_o death_n of_o the_o king_n two_o uncle_n the_o lord_n admiral_n and_o lord_n protector_n for_o the_o death_n of_o the_o last_o of_o which_o the_o king_n fall_v into_o a_o deep_a melancholy_n and_o then_o sicken_a he_o so_o deal_v with_o he_o as_o to_o disinherit_v his_o sister_n the_o lady_n mary_n and_o lady_n elizabeth_n and_o to_o settle_v the_o crown_n by_o will_n upon_o his_o cousin_n the_o lady_n jane_n grace_n daughter_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o suffolk_n who_o he_o have_v cause_v to_o be_v marry_v to_o his_o 4_o the_o son_n the_o lord_n guildford_n dudley_n thereby_o to_o entail_v the_o crown_n to_o his_o posterity_n and_o then_o as_o he_o think_v to_o seal_v what_o he_o have_v do_v he_o remove_v the_o king_n physician_n and_o set_v a_o woman_n who_o undertake_v to_o cure_v he_o who_o either_o through_o ignorance_n or_o rather_o as_o many_o imagine_v to_o complete_a the_o hellish_a purpose_n bring_v he_o to_o that_o pass_n that_o his_o physician_n be_v again_o call_v to_o he_o dare_v not_o give_v their_o advice_n but_o go_v away_o shake_v their_o head_n with_o tear_n in_o their_o eye_n and_o short_o after_o that_o pattern_n of_o true_a piety_n and_o virtue_n leave_v this_o life_n when_o after_o his_o death_n his_o body_n be_v find_v swell_v at_o a_o monstrous_a rate_n and_o so_o diverse_o colour_v that_o most_o whisper_v it_o that_o he_o be_v poison_v as_o do_v many_o learned_a physician_n but_o dare_v not_o speak_v their_o mind_n free_o yet_o northumberland_n 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