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A29975 The history and life and reigne of Richard the Third composed in five bookes by Geo. Buck. Buck, George, Sir, d. 1623. 1647 (1647) Wing B5307; ESTC R23817 143,692 159

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30._o be_v clear_v from_o the_o death_n of_o his_o nephew_n 21_o 22_o 23._o 31._o 84_o 85_o 86._o 101._o 102_o 103_o 104_o 106_o 107._o of_o his_o brother_n clarence_n 82._o of_o h._n 6._o &_o prince_n edw._n his_o son_n 81_o 82_o of_o his_o own_o wife_n 107._o 129._o &_o from_o the_o slander_n raise_v upon_o his_o mother_n and_o brother_n 82_o 83._o be_v no_o tyrant_n 78._o his_o mildness_n his_o ruin_n 61._o 136_o his_o great_a magnificence_n wisdom_n &_o justice_n 8_o 9_o 12._o 15._o 27._o 28._o his_o many_o eminent_a virtue_n 136_o 137_o 138._o his_o pious_a work_n 138_o 139._o his_o virtue_n malicious_o deprave_v 78._o the_o partiality_n of_o his_o accuser_n 130._o 135._o his_o defamation_n examine_v and_o answer_v 75_o 76_o 77_o 78_o 79._o his_o description_n and_o commendation_n 148._o be_v not_o deform_v his_o politic_a woo_v the_o l._n eliza._n his_o niece_n 126_o 127._o 129._o his_o treaty_n with_o foreign_a prince_n 32._o 33._o 34._o his_o noble_a valour_n at_o bosworth_n 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dom._n 1490._o i_o have_v see_v this_o bull_n in_o the_o cabinet_n of_o sir_n rob._n cotton_n the_o pope_n charter_n for_o the_o title_n of_o lancast._n e●_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o dispense_n with_o the_o king_n incestuous_a marriage_n the_o second_o invasion_n of_o the_o e._n of_o rich._n comines_n pag._n 536._o leic_a inquit_fw-la rex_fw-la richardu●_n cu●_n maxima_fw-la pompa_n portant_a d●adema_fw-la in_fw-la capi●e_fw-la chron._n croy._n why_o k._n rich._n wear_v the_o crown_n at_o bosworth_n chron._n croy._n s._n wil._n brandon_n father_n to_o charles_n brandon_n afterward_o duke_n of_o suff._n ovid._n tr●st_n l._n 2._o e●eg_n 5._o dr_n john_n hird_n in_o hist._n angl._n matthew_n paris_n henry_n ●untington_a henry_n of_o richmond_n crown_v in_o the_o field_n the_o challenge_n of_o the_o 5_o king_n of_o scot_n to_o the._n duke_n of_o norfolk_n prince_n go_v not_o to_o campe._n cruelty_n do_v to_o the_o body_n of_o king_n richard_n noble_a person_n 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