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then to walk barefooted and bareheaded, in her ſhirt, before her proceſſion, with a croſs and a wax taper in her hand, through Cheapſide, which ſhe did, looking ſo lovely in her bluſhes, that many pitied her; he alſo ſtripped all her friends and relations of whatever they had, pretending that they got it all by her means from the crown, in King Edward's reign; which, with the diſgrace their only daughter had fallen into, cauſed her parent's death.
Richard not content with this, put out a ſevere proclamation, to this effect. That on the pain of death, and confiſcatiou of goods, no one ſhould harbour her in their houſes, nor relieve her with food or raiment. So that ſhe went wandering up and down, to find her food upon the buſhes and on the dung-hills, where ſome friends ſhe had raiſed, would throw out bones with more meat than ordinary, and cruſts of ſtale bread in the places where ſhe generally reſorted to, and a baker, who had been condemned
