[1] [2] But in conclusion, euill counsell preuailed in a wit latelie minded to mischeefe, and turned from all goodnesse. So that his vn [...]ratious desire ouercame [page 751] his honest feare. And first to enter into the gates of his imagined enterprise, he absteined both from the bed and companie of his wife.A lo [...]ged cõ|plaine of king Richard a|gainst his wi [...] t [...] be rid of h [...]r. Then he complained to diuerse noble men of the realme, of the infortu|nate sterilitie and barennesse of his wife, bicause she brought foorth no fruit and generation of hir bo|die. And in especiall he recounted to Thomas Rothe|ram archbishop of Yorke (whome latelie he had deli|uered out of ward and captiuitie) these impediments of his queene, and diuerse other, thinking that he would reueale to hir all these things, trusting the se|quele hereof to take due effect, that she hearing this grudge of hir husband, & taking therefore an inward thought, would not long liue in this world.