[1] A few moneths before the mariage of prince Ar|thur, Edmund de la Poole earle of Suffolke, sonne to Iohn duke of Suffolke, and ladie Elizabeth sister to king Edward the fourth, being bold and rash withall, was indicted of murther, for s [...]eaing of a meane person in his rage & furie. And although the king pardoned him whome he might iustlie haue put to death for that offense; yet bicause he was brought to the barre before the kings Bench,Edmund erl [...] of Suffolke flieth into Flanders. and arraigned (which fact he tooke as a great blemish to his honour) shortlie after vpon that displeasure he fled into Flan|ders vnto his aunt the ladie Margaret, the king not being priuie to his going ouer. Neuerthelesse, whe|ther [page 790] he was persuaded by his fréends therevnto, whom the king had willed to deale with him therein; or whether vpon trust of his innocencie: true it is that he returned againe, and excused himselfe to the king, so that he thought him to be giltlesse of anie crime that might be obiected against him.