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Jane Shore had no ſooner notice of the death of Lord Haſtings, her paramour, but ſhe perceived a ſtorm was falling on her own head, therefore, ſhe thought it neceſſary to provide in time, and ſo carried her jewels to her old confident, Mrs Blague, intreating her to conceal them for her; but ſhe, like a faithleſs woman, when Jane came, asking for them not only denying them, but when in the greateſt need, ſhe came to crave alms from her ſhe thruſt her out of doors, threatening to have her whipped for her impudence.
Richard, by means aforeſaid, having get to the crown, and to make bimſelf ſeem fair, by others fine, though he was a monſter by nature, publicly declaring his mother to be a whore, his brother and bis children to be baſtards; cauſed his Queen to be poiſoned, and would have wedded his niece. He ordered Jane Shore to be apprehended, ſtripped of all ſhe had and to do pennance, by ſeveral times walking in a white ſheet, and
