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condemned to die for a riot in King Edward's reign, and saved by her means, as he saw her pass along, in gratitude for her kindness, would trundle a penny loaf after her, which she thankfully received, and blessed him with tears in her eyes; but some malicious neighbour informing against him, he was taken up and hanged for disobeying King Richard's proclamation; which so terrified others, that they durst not relieve her with any thing; so that in miserable rags, almost naked, she went about a most shocking spectacle, wringing her hands, and bemoaning her un- happy fate.
Thus she continued till the battle of Boseworth-field, where Richard was slain by Henry Earl of Richmond, who succeeded him by the name of Henry the VII.; in which reign, she hoped for better days; but fortune raised her another adversary, for, he married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward the IV. and K. Edward's Queen, who
