[1] [2] Howbeit, some writers of that time, fauoring al|togither the house of Yorke, haue recorded, that af|ter he vnderstood what losses had chanced vnto his fréends, and how not onelie his sonne, but also all other his chéefe partakers were dead and dispatched, he tooke it so to hart, that of pure displeasure, indig|nation, and melancholie, he died the three and twen|tith of Maie. The dead corps on the Ascension euen was conueied with billes and glaues pompouslie (if [page 691] you will call that a funerall pompe) from the Tower to the church of saint Paule,The nine and twentith of Maie. and there laid on a beire or coffen bare faced, the same in presence of the be|holders did bléed; where it rested the space of one whole daie. From thense he was caried to the Black|friers, and bled there likewise: and on the next daie after, it was conueied in a boat, without priest or clerke, torch or taper, singing or saieng, vnto the monasterie of Chertfeie, distant from London fif|téene miles, and there was it first buried: but after, it was remooued to Windesor, and there in a new vawt, newlie intoomed. He reigned eight and thir|tie yeares, six moneths and od daies, and after his readeption of the crowne six moneths. He liued two and fiftie yeares, hauing by wife one onelie sonne, called Edward, prince of Wales.