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J'ai veu filz d'Angleterre, Richard d'Yorc nommé. Que l'on disoit en terre, estinct et consommé. Endurer grant souffrance; et par nobles exploitz. Vivre en bonne esperance, d'estre Roy des Angloys. --Old French Chronicle.
The story of Perkin Warbeck was first suggested to me as a subject for historical detail. On studying it, I became aware of the romance which his story contains, while, at the same time, I felt that it would be impossible for any narration, that should be confined to the incorporation of facts related by our old Chronicle to do it justice.