HIST 201 Lecture Notes - Augustus
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But let us return, in the meantime, to the events which took place after the flight of the rebels before-mentioned. While the matters which have been mentioned above were going on here and there in the western parts, and the king was still in the said city of exeter, henry, earl of. Richmond, being unaware of these disturbances, had set sail with certain ships, and arrived with his adherents from brittany, at the mouth of plymouth harbour, where he came to anchor, in order to ascertain the real state of affairs. On news being at last brought him of the events which had happened, the death of the duke of buckingham, and the flight of his own supporters, he at once hoisted sail, and again put to sea. Thus was commenced the waste, in a short time, of those most ample treasures which king edward supposed he should leave behind him for a quite different purpose.
