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RIcharde ye thyrde of that name, son to Rycharde late duke of yorke, & yongeste brother vnto Edwarde ye iiii. late kynge / be¦gan his domynyō ouer the realme of Englande the .xx. day of mydsomer moneth, in the yere of our lorde god .M.CCCC.lxxxiii. & the .xxv. yere of the .xi. Lewys than kynge of Fraūce. Of whom tedyous
it is to me to wryte the tragedyous hystory / excepte that I remēber that good it is to wryte and put in remē∣braūce the punyshement of synners, to the ende that other may exchew to fall in lyke daunger.
Than it foloweth, anone as thys man had taken vpon hym / he fyll in great hatred of the more party of the nobles of hys realm / in so mych that suche as before loued and praysed hym, and wolde haue ieoparted lyfe and good wyth hym yf he hadde re∣mayned styll as {pro}tectour, now mur∣mured and grudged agayne hym / in suche wyse that fewe or none fauou∣red his partye, except it were for dre∣de or for the great gyftes that they re¦ceyued of hym. By meane wherof he wanne dyuers to folow hys mynde / the whiche after deceyued hym.
And after his coronacyon solēp∣nysed, whyche was holden at west∣mynster the .vi. daye of Iuly, where also ye same daye was crowned dame Anne hys wyfe / he then in shorte pro¦cesse folowynge rode Northward to pacyfye that countre, and to redresse certayne ryottes there lately done. In the passe tyme of which iournay / he beynge at yorke created hys legyt¦tymat sonne prynce of walys / & ouer that made hys bastarde sonne capy∣tayne of Caleys, whyche encreaced more grudge to hymwarde as after shall appere.