Chapter III: Further Charges Against Richard III

Some account of Morton, the chief accuser . . . . . . . . 205-207
Misrepresentation of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208-210
Cunning misrepresentations respecting Hastings . . . . . . 210-212
Falsification of dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-217
The accession. The true claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Attempt of Henry VII. to destroy the evidence . . . . 219
Polydore Virgil's version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Morton's version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Fabyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Further falsification of dates . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Buckingham's treason. False reason given for
his discontent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
The truth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Morton's account of conversations . . . . . . . . . . 225, 226
Second coronation. Statement disproved . . . . . . . . . 227
Death of the Queen. Slanders of Polydore and Rous . . . . 228
Elizabeth of York. Absurd rumour spread . . . . . . . . . 229
Elizabeth's letter to the Duke of Norfolk . . . . . . 229-230
Intrigues of Henry's mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Lord Strange. The truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

CHAPTER IV

THE MAIN CHARGE AGAINST RICHARD III

Rests on the truth or falsehood of previous crimes . . . . 233
Richard's antecedents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Nothing to fear from his nephews . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
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Treatment of others in the same position . . . . . . . . . 236
His nephews were probably members of his household . . . . 236
Bill, in March 1485, for the elder nephew . . . . . . . . 237
Conduct of the mother and sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238-239
Alleged rumours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240-242
Assertion of the French Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Statements of Fabyan, Rous, Polydore, Andre . . . . . . . 244
Sir William Stanley's conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Baseless rumours promulgated by Henry . . . . . . . . . . 245