Excerpt from A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great Britain, From the First Invasion of the Romans to the Year 1763, Vol. 2: With Genealogical and Political Tables York. Henry, though surrounded with enemies in these disaffected counties, soon assembled a body of about three thousand men, and gave the com mand of them to his uncle Jasper duke of Bedford, directing him to march boldly towards the enemy, and when he approached them, to proclaim a full pardon to all who would lay down their arms. Lord Love], dreading the effect of this proclama tion, fled in the night, and made his escape into Flanders; his followers seeing themselves without a. Leader accepted of the offered pardon. The rebels before Worcester, hearing of the dispersion of their confederates, disbanded. The two brothers Stafford being taken, the eldest was executed, and the other pardoned. Soon after the queen being at Win chester was there prematurely delivered of a son, who was named Arthur, in honour of the famous British prince of that name, from whom the king pretended to derive his descent, by his grand father Owen Tudor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.