[1] [2] This yeare the two and twentith of Iune, was borne at Gréenewich the lord Henrie,The birth of Henrie duke of Yorke, after crowned king by the name of Henrie the eight. second sonne to this king Henrie the seuenth, which was created duke of Yorke, & after prince of Wales, and in con|clusion succéeded his father in gouernance of this realme, by the name of Henrie the eight, father to our gratious souereigne quéene Elizabeth. But now to returne to the new found sonne of king Edward, [page 776] coniured by mens policies from death to life: ye shall vnderstand that the duchesse of Burgognie euer desi|ring to cast a scorpion in the bosome of king Henrie, not for anie displeasure by him towards hir wrought or doone;The malice of the duchesse of Burgognie to the line of Lancaster. but onelie bicause he was descended of the house of Lancaster, being an enimie to hir line, be|gan to spin a new web, like a spider that dailie wea|ueth when his kall is torne: for after that the earle of Lincolne, which was by hir set foorth, had missed the cushin, and lost both horsse and spurres, she could not be quiet, vntill she had practised a new deuise to put king Henrie to trouble. And as the diuell prouideth venemous sauce to corrupt stomachs, so for hir pur|pose she espied a certeine yoong man of visage beau|tifull, of countenance demure, and of wit craftie and subtill.