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meâ—ore_fw-la deperijt_fw-la joan_n majerus_n annual_a flandr_n lib._n 17._o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o prince_n sonnâ—_n of_o h._n 6._o polidor_n virgil._n lib._n 24._o chron_n in_o quarto_fw-la m._n s._n apud_fw-la dom._n regis_fw-la rob._n cotton_n anna._n uxoâ—_n ed._n silij_fw-la reg_fw-la h._n 6._o capta_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la marito_fw-la joan._n majerus_n in_o annal_n fland._n l._n 17._o richard_n not_o guilty_a of_o the_o duke_n of_o clarence_n polidor_n virgil._n â—rrour_n of_o dr._n shaw_n that_o the_o duke_n of_o gloucester_n raise_v not_o the_o slander_n against_o the_o duchess_n his_o mother_n nor_o of_o his_o brother_n basterdy_o basterdy_o anno._n 10._o edward_n 4._o 4._o lib._n m._n s._n in_o quarto_fw-la apud_fw-la dom._n rob._n cotton_n cotton_n chronicle_n croyland_n croyland_n loyalty_n bind_v man_n father_n ally_n quod_fw-la vulgo_fw-la &_o corrupt_a father_n in_o law_n dicitur_fw-la in_o parliament_n anno_fw-la 17._o ed._n 4._o iu._n stow._n vidit_fw-la &_o 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and_o be_v enamour_v of_o her_o send_v she_o to_o london_n to_o be_v safe_o keep_v till_o his_o return_n out_o of_o the_o west_n country_n where_o he_o theu_o be_v and_o first_o see_v she_o the_o practice_n of_o h._n 7._o to_o the_o king_n of_o scot_n and_o of_o castille_n â—o_o get_v or_o supplant_v perkins_n don_n pedro_n aylau_n hall_n in_o h._n 7._o perkins_n entertainment_n in_o the_o court._n court._n raâ—k_n the_o force_n and_o mischief_n of_o torture_n august_n in_o civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la the_o french_a â—all_n torture_n la_fw-fr gehenne_fw-fr york_n and_o warwick_n parallel_n of_o escape_n the_o french_a word_n escape_v be_v to_o seek_v to_o be_v free_a and_o the_o french_a man_n translâ—â—e_v escape_v in_o to_o the_o latin_a salvus_fw-la escape_n what_o just_a stanford_n in_o pleasant_a de_fw-fr la_fw-fr corone_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 26_o 27._o whether_o don_n sebastian_n of_o portugal_n be_v a_o counterfeit_n or_o not_o 162._o hiâ—_n legatus_fw-la haec_fw-la domino_fw-la baroni_n darcey_n retulit_fw-la edward_n 2._o and_o edward_n 3_o moor_n hollinsh_fw-mi stow_z gainssord_n moor_n hollinsh_fw-mi stow_z grafton_n gainsford_n hal._n idem_fw-la author_n author_n he_o be_v the_o noble_a progenitor_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o york_n hollinshed_n grafton_n hall_n stow._n john_n morton_n thomas_n moor._n grafton_n mr._n william_n cambden_n some_o think_v he_o die_v unnatural_o public_a sword_n private_a sword_n the_o art_n of_o treachery_n reason_n why_o king_n richard_n shall_v not_o destroy_v his_o nephew_n other_o great_a â—ones_n privy_a to_o the_o death_n of_o those_o prince_n especial_o of_o king_n â—â—â—â—â—â—ds_v son_n ausonius_n ennius_n apud_fw-la ci_o ceronem_fw-la offic_n lib._n 2._o sir_n tho._n moor._n edward_n hall_n ralph_n hâ—llinshead_n john_n stow_n etc._n etc._n the_o earl_n of_o ox_n persecutor_n of_o perkin_n perkin_n this_o earl_n john_n die_v anno_fw-la 4._o h._n 8._o 1512_o dominâ—s_fw-fr de_fw-fr arundel_n viva_fw-la voâ—e_fw-la voâ—e_fw-la i_o may_v call_v it_o a_o stately_a erledome_n for_o the_o earl_n of_o oxenford_n when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o possession_n of_o it_o be_v offer_v by_o some_o 12000_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la and_o leave_v to_o his_o occupation_n all_o man_n nor_n house_n castle_n park_n wood_n forest_n &_o all_o the_o demesn_a land_n thereto_o belong_v which_o may_v be_v more_o worth_a by_o yearly_a value_n then_o many_o erldom_n in_o this_o age_n age_n the_o mathematician_n that_o calculate_v the_o nativity_n of_o this_o earl_n edward_n tell_v the_o earl_n his_o father_n that_o the_o earldom_n will_v fall_v in_o his_o son_n time_n time_n bastard_n of_o king_n richard_n grafton_n &_o chron._n m._n s._n in_o quarto_fw-la apud_fw-la dn._n rob._n cotton_n cotton_n why_o the_o pub_fw-la lique_fw-la justice_n defer_v the_o death_n of_o the_o prince_n demon_n gâ—nij_fw-la plutaâ—â—â—_n in_o anton._n philostrat_v in_o vita_fw-la appollon_n vopiscus_n in_o aureliano_n angel_n good_a and_o bad_a terentius_n in_o phormio_n how_o extreme_a his_o desire_n '_o be_v you_o may_v see_v in_o the_o speech_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n set_v down_o by_o sir_n thomas_n moor._n philip_n