[1] [2] King Richard dalied in this matter with plea|ſant letters & faire wordes, ſo feeding forth King Iames without minding to gratiſfie him in that ſuite, ſo that as long as king Richard liued, king Iames could neuer get it, for any thing he might do. In the yeere .1486. Henry Erle of Richmont comming out of France with a power of men,

1486

King Richard ouerthrowen by the Earle of Richmond.

of the whiche Bernard Stewarde a Scottiſhman was chiefe Captaine, landed in Wales, & paſſing through ye cuntrey into Englãd, at lẽgth encoũ|tred King Richard & ſlew him, ſo obtayning the Crowne of that Realm. And after he was ſome|what quietly eſtabliſhed in the ſame, he came into the North partes where hee remayned the moſte part of the next ſommer, and regarding nothing more than to haue ye loue & friendſhip of his ney|bors, & to be confederate with the Kings & Prin|ces ioyning next vnto him,An ambaſſage ſente vnto Scotlande. he ſent from Newca|ſtell one of his counſellors Richard Foxe Biſhop of Exceter, and ſir Richard Edgecombe knight, Ambaſſadors vnto King Iames, to treat cõtract & renew the band of peace & truce betwixt the ſaid Kings and their Realmes. Theſe Ambaſſadors were gladly receiued of King Iames,The Kings aunſwere. who decla|red vnto them, yt he bare great fauor & loue vnto their maiſter, & woulde be glad to pleaſure hym in al he might: howbeit, that his ſubiects were not of ſo good a mind towards the Engliſh nation as he himſelfe wiſhed, & therefore he willed them to bee contented with a truce for ſeuen yeres, for further he could not do, for doubt to offend his nobilitie & ſubiects: but he promiſed ſecretly,His promiſe. that when thoſe ſeuen yeeres were expired, hee woulde ren [...]e the ſame for the tearme of other ſeauen yeeres, and ſo from ſeuen yeres to ſeuen yeres ſo lõg as he liued. This he did, bycauſe he perceyued that his people had him in ſuch hatred, that they would not con|ſent to any band that he ſhuld make: the Ambaſ|ſadors perceiuing his good meaning toward king Henry, confirmed the truce for thoſe ſeuen yeeres, and ſo returned home to King Henry, who was right glad of that they had done.