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&quot; by feigned wars and dishonourable peace, only to 

 &quot; enrich his coffers. Nor unlike hath been his 

 &quot; hateful misgovernment and evil deportments at 

 &quot; home. First, he hath, to fortify his false quarrel, 

 &quot; caused divers nobles of this our realm, whom he 

 &quot; held suspect and stood in dread of, to be cruelly 

 &quot; murdered ; as our cousin Sir William Stanley, 

 &quot; lord chamberlain, Sir Simon Mountford, Sir Ro- 

 &quot; bert Ratcliffe, William D Aubigny, Humphrey 

 &quot; Stafford, and many others, besides such as have 

 &quot; dearly bought their lives with intolerable ran- 

 &quot; soms : some of which nobles are now in the 

 &quot; sanctuary. Also he hath long kept, and yet 

 &quot; keepeth in prison, our right entirely well- 

 &quot; beloved cousin, Edward, son and heir to our 

 &quot; uncle Duke of Clarence, and others ; withholding 

 &quot; from them their rightful inheritance, to the intent 

 &quot; they should never be of might and power, to aid 

 &quot; and assist us at our need, after the duty of their 

 &quot; legiances. He also married by compulsion, cer- 

 &quot; tain of our sisters, and also the sister of our said 

 &quot; cousin the Earl of Warwick, and divers other ladies 

 &quot; of the royal blood, unto certain of his kinsmen and 

 &quot; friends of simple and low degree ; and, putting 

 &quot; apart all well disposed nobles, he hath none in 

 &quot; favour and trust about his person, but Bishop 

 &quot; Fox, Smith, Bray, Lovel, Oliver King, David 

 &quot; Owen, Risely, Turbervile, Tiler, Chomley, Emp- 

 &quot; son, James Hobart, John Cut, Garth, Henry Wyat, 

 &quot; and such other caitiffs and villains of birth, which 

 &quot; by subtile inventions, and pilling of the people, 

 &quot; have been the principal finders, occasioners, and 



