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of accommodation ; and Margafet, being fent for from 
Angers, where (lie then redded, an agreement, diclated 
by mutual intereft, was Coon concluded between them. 
It was ftipulated that Warwick Ihould efpoufe the caufe 
of Henry, and endeavour to reftore him to liberty, and to 
re-edablifli him on the throne; that the adminidration of 
the government during the minority of young Edward, 
Henryks foil, (liould be entruded conjointly to the earl of 
Warwick and the duke of Clarence ; that prince Edward 
diould marry the lady Anne, fecond daughter of that 
nobleman; and that the crown, in cafe of the failure of 
male iffue in that prince, diould defcend to the duke of 
Clarence, to the entire excludon of the reigning king and 
his poderity. 
Edward, A. D. 1470, apprifed of what had taken place, 
forefaw that it would be eafy to didolve an alliance com- 
pofed of fuch difcordant materials. He employed a lady 
in the train of the ditchefs of Clarence, to reprefent to 
the duke the imprudence of the connection he had formed 
with the murderers of his father, and the implacable ene¬ 
mies of his family ; fo that Clarence, druck with the 
danger of his dtuation, on a promife of forgivenefs, fe- 
cretly engaged to abandon thejLancaftrian party. During 
this negociation, Warwick too was fecretly carrying on a 
correfpondence of the fame nature with his brother, the 
marquis of Montague, who was entirely confided in by 
Edward ; and like motives produced a like refolution in 
that nobleman. In confequence of this promife of fup- 
port, Warwick availed liimfelf of a itorm to crofs the 
channel with a body of French troops, and landed at Dart¬ 
mouth, accompanied by the.duke of Clarence. 
Edward, though brave and adtive, had little forefight. 
He had made no preparation for this event; and when 
warned by the duke of Burgundy of his danger, he had 
anfwered, he wifhed for nothing more than to fee Warwick 
on Engiifti ground. The prodigious popularity, however, 
of that nobleman, the zeal of the I.ancaftrian party, and tlie 
fpirit of difcontent with which many were i feCted, drew 
fuch multitudes to his (landard, that inya very few days 
his army amounted to fixty thoufand men, and was con¬ 
tinually increafing, Edward, who had been engaged in 
iuppreffing a rebellion in the north, now haftened fouth- 
vvards to encounter him ; and the two armies approached 
each other near Nottingham. The rapidity of Warwick’s 
progrefs had incapacitated the duke of Clarence from 
executing his plan of treachery ; but the marquis of 
Montague, having concerted meafures with his adherents, 
took to arms in the. night-time, and haftened witli loud 
acclamations to Edward’s quarters. The king was alarm¬ 
ed at the noife, and ftarting from bed, heard the cry of 
war ufualiy employed by the Lancaftrian party. Ford 
Haftings, his chamberlain, informing him of the danger, 
urged him to make his efcape by fpeedy flight, from an 
army where he had fo many concealed enemies, and where 
few feemed zealoufly attached to his fervice. E^e had 
juft time to get on horfeback, and to hurry with a fmall 
retinue to I.ynn in Norfolk, where finding fome fhips 
ready, he inftantly embarked. Thus, the earl of War¬ 
wick, in 110 longer fpace than eleven days from his firft 
landing, was left entire mafter of the kingdom. 
But Edward’s danger did not end with his embarkation. 
The Eafterlings or Hans-towns were then at war botli with 
France and England ; and fome fhips of thefe people- 
hovering on the Engiifti coaft,' efpied the king’s vefiels, 
and gave chafe to them ; nor was it without extreme dif¬ 
ficulty that he made his efcape into the port of Alcmaer 
in Holland, where he landed, almoft deftitute of every 
tiling. The duke of Burgundy was embarrafted how to 
receive the abdicated monarch ; and began already to 
hold out, that his conne6tions were with the kingdom of 
England, not with the king. Vaucler, the deputy-go¬ 
vernor of Calais, declared with great energy for his old 
party; and every tiling promifed a full reftoration of the 
crown in the family of Lancafter. Henry, A. D. 1471, 
was delivered from the Tower, and proclaimed king with 
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great folemnity ; every ftatute made during the reign 
of Edward was repealed ; and that prince declared an 
ufurper. 
Edward, however, being aftifted by the duke of Bur¬ 
gundy, his brother-in-law, though in a covert wav, haft¬ 
ened to return; and impatient to take revenge on his 
enemies, made an attempt to land with his forces, which 
exceeded not two thoufand men, on the coaft of Norfolk. 
Being there repul fed, he failed northwards, and difeni- 
barked at Ravenfpur in Yorkftiire. Finding that the new 
magiftrates, wlio had been appointed by the earl of War¬ 
wick, kept the people every where from joining him, lie 
pretended, and even made oath, that he came not to 
challenge the crown, but only the inheritance of the lioufe 
of York, which of right belonged to him ; and that lie 
did not intend to difturb the peace of the kingdom. This 
atfedted moderation brought new partizans to his ftandard : 
he was admitted into the city of York; and was foon in 
fuch a dtuation as gave him hopes of fucceeding in all 
his former claims. Warwick affembled an army at Lei- 
cefter, with an intention of giving battle; but Edward, 
by taking another road, palled unmolefted, and prefented 
liimfelf before the gates of London. He was readily ad¬ 
mitted into a capital, the inhabitants of which (fill dwelt 
with pleafure on his former courteous demeanor; and 
Henry, deftined to be the perpetual fport of fortune, 
again fell into the hands of his enemies. 
Warwick, without waiting the arrival of queen Mar¬ 
garet, who was haftening to England ; being reinforced 
by his fon-ifi-law Clarence, and his brother the marquis 
Montague, took poft at Barnet, in the vicinity of Lon¬ 
don. His brother Montague feems to have remained fin- 
cerely attached to the interefts of his family : but his fon- 
jn-law, though bound to him by every tie of honour and 
gratitude, though he (hared the power of the regency, 
though he had been inverted by Warwick in’all the ho-, 
nours and patrimony of the lioufe of York, refolved to 
fulfil the fecret engagements which lie had made with his 
brother. Accordingly, lie deferted to Edward in the 
night-time, and carried with him a body of twelve thou- 
fand men. Warwick was now too far advanced to retreat; 
and, as lie rejedted with difdain the terms of accommoda¬ 
tion ofFered by Edward and Clarence, he was obliged to 
hazard a decifive engagement. The battle was fought 
on Eafter-Sunpay, April 14, 1471, with equal obftinacy 
on both hides, and the vidfory remained long in fufpenfe”; 
but an accident threw the balance to the fide of the 
Yorkifts. Edward’s device vvas a fun; that of Warwick 
a (far with rays; and the miftinefs of the morning render¬ 
ing it difficult to diftinguifh them; the earl of Oxford, 
who fought on the fide of the Lancartrians, was, by vnif- 
take, attacked by his friends, and chafed off the fiejd of 
battle. Warwick, contrary to his ufual pradtice, engaged 
that day on foot, refolving to (hew his army that lie 
meant to (hare every fortune with them, and was (lain in 
the thickeft of the engagement. His brother underw ent 
the fame fate; and as Edward had ifliied orders not to 
give any quarter, a great and undiftinguiflied (laughter 
was made. 
The very day on which this decifive battle was fought, 
queen Margaret and her fon, now about eighteen years 
of age, and a prince of great hopes, landed at Weymouth, 
fupported by a fmall body, of French forces. When this 
princefs received intelligence of Henry’s captivity, and 
of the defeat and death of the earl of Warwick, her cou¬ 
rage, which had fupported her under fo many difaftrous 
events, now forfook her ; and (be anticipated the cala¬ 
mities which were to follow. At firft (he took fan£hiary 
in the abbey of Beaulieu in Hampfhire; but being en¬ 
couraged by the appearance of Tudor earl of Pembroke, 
Courtney earl of Devonfliire, the lords Wenloc and St. 
John, with other men of rank, who exhorted her (fill 
to hope for fuccefs, (lie relumed her former fpirit, and 
determined to defend to the utmoft the ruins of her fallen 
fortunes. Rapidly advancing through the counties of 
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