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OF IRELAND. 155 put my selfe in service with a Britton, called Pregent Meno, the which brought me with him into Ireland, and when wee were there arrived in the towne of Corke, they of the towne (because I was arrayed with some cloathes of silke of my said Masters) threeped upon me, that I should be the Duke of Clarences sonne, that was before time at Divelin, and forasmuch as I denyed it, there was brought unto me the Holy Evan- gelists and the Crosse, by the Major of the towne, cal- led Iohn Lewellin, and there I tooke my oath that I was not the said Dukes sonne, nor none of his blood. After this came to me an English man whose name was Stephen Poytowe, with one lahn Walter, and svvare to me, that they knew well that I was King Richards Bastard sonne, to whom I answered with like oathes that I was not. And then they advised me not to be affraide, but that I should take it upon me boldly : And if I would so doe, they would assist me with all their power, against the King of England, and not onely they, but they were assured that the Earles of Desmond and Kildare, should doe the same, for they passed not what part they tooke, so they might be avenged upon the King of England. And so against my will they made me tolearne English, and taught me what I should doe and say : and after this, they called me Richard Duke of Yorke, second sonne to Edward the fourth, because King Richards Bastard sonne was in the hands of the King of England: And upon this, the said Iohn Walter, and Stephen Poy- towe, Iohn Tyler, Huhbert Burgh, with many others,