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** for both brethren. This report was accordingly 

 &quot; believed, and published generally ; so that the 

 &quot; world hath been possessed of an opinion, that they 

 &quot; both were barbarously made away ; though ever 

 truth hath some sparks that fly abroad, until it ap 

 pear in due time, as this hath had. But Almighty 

 &quot; God, that stopped the mouth of the lion, and saved 

 &quot; little Joash from the tyranny of Athaliah, when 

 &quot; she massacred the king s children ; and did save 

 &quot; Isaac, when the hand was stretched forth to sacri- 

 &quot; fice him ; preserved the second brother. For I 

 &quot; myself, that stand here in your presence, am that 

 &quot; very Richard, Duke of York, brother of that un- 

 &quot; fortunate prince, King Edward the Fifth, now the 

 &quot; most rightful surviving heir male to that victorious 

 &quot; and most noble Edward, of that name the fourth, 

 &quot; late King of England. For the manner of my 

 &quot; escape, it is fit it should pass in silence, or at least 

 &quot; in a more secret relation ; for that it may concern 

 &quot; some alive, and the memory of some that are dead. 

 &quot; Let it suffice to think, that I had then a mother 

 &quot; living, a queen, and one that expected daily such 

 &quot; a commandment from the tyrant, for the murder- 

 &quot; ing of her children. Thus in my tender age 

 &quot; escaping by God s mercy out of London, I was 

 &quot; secretly conveyed over sea ; where after a time 

 &quot; the party that had me in charge, upon what 

 &quot; new fears, change of mind, or practice, God 

 &quot; knoweth, suddenly forsook me. Whereby I was 

 forced to wander abroad, and to seek mean condi- 

 &quot; tions for the sustaining of my life. Wherefore 

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