文档介绍：,RichardII--weak,wicked,andtreacherous--hadbeendethroned,,lastingbutforalittlewhile;forthoughKingHenryprovedhimselfajustandamercifulman--asjusticeandmercywentwiththemenofironofthosedays--andthoughhedidnotcaretoshedbloodneedlessly,thereweremanynoblefamilieswhohadbeenbenefitedbyKingRichardduringhisreign,--theDukesofAlbemarle,Surrey,andExeter,theMarquisofDorset,theEarlofGloucester,andothers--whohadbeendegradedtotheirformertitlesandestates,'slife,,andtomassacrethemduringagreattournament,;whereupon,knowingthathehadbeenlodgingatWindsorwithonlyafewattendants,,sothat,insteadoffindinghimintheroyalcastle,theydiscoveredthroughtheirscoutsthathehadhurriedtoLondon,,someanother;somesoughtsanctuaryhere,somethere;butoneandanother,--onetimeDukeofSurrey--andtheEarlofSalisburywerebeheadedinthemarket-placeatCirencester;LordLeDespencer--2MENOFIRONoncetheEarlofGloucester--andLordLumleymetthesamefateatBristol;theEarlofHuntingdonwastakenintheEssexfens,carriedtothecastleoftheDukeofGloucester,whomhehadbetrayedtohisdeathinKingRichard'stime,,,theblindLordGilbertReginaldFalworth,BaronofFalworthandEasterbr