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14 MMiJARET^ BE^tnFDRT^
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primer with clasps of silver gilt covered with purple / velvet . ' This was a considerable bequest in these days for a woman ; when the
sex were proverbially illiterate . Later on , there is a pretty anecdote recordedwhich pictures the _iady Margaret as the patron of
English literature , . When the great master of printing was dead , and his brothers in the art met for the first time to consult as to
their future , all sad . and sorrowful , for their ruling spirit ; was no more , Wynkyn de Worde thus addressed them
_:-r-" Companions , the good work will not stop . " "Wynkyn" said Richard Pynsdn " who is to carry on the
work ?" - ¦ ¦ , • • - ' ' ¦¦; ¦ ' • - ' _* ¦ ¦ - . ;¦ - ¦ ' ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ : " :- ' "I am ready , " answered Wynkyn and then he read .. _; what he
had written at the end of Caxton _' s last workj the proofs of which lay ¦ " uncorrected God rest his before soul ! " them was . whispered all round ; . :
_" Companion , " asks another of Wynkyn de Wbrde , "is not this a hazardous "I have encouragement enterprise ? " '' Wynkyn rep lies # < ;¦ ¦ " _- . the iJa _^ _y'lMarg _& : fe _^
7 iis : Highness' mother , gives me , aid . So droop not , fear not ; weiwill carry on the work briskly in our good master ' s house . Sofill the
case . " A shout mounted to the roof and rang round the _buildings-Yes , Margaret gives aid . She has stepped in with her noble spirit _,,
for while she lives , one of the noblest works ever _introduced into Eng After land the shall defeat not die of . Edtvard IV . in 1470 Jaspar Tiidorwho _^ : had
been exiled with the Earl of Warwickreturned , and made , his way into Wales . There he still found the Countess , of Richmond and / her
son prisoners in Pembroke Castle under the custody of Lady-Herbertthen a widow . Jaspar took away the boy with him . and
placed him , at Eton , where , during the brief triumph of the Red Rose _> Henry was suffered to pursue his studieswhilst Ms mother re *
mained in strict seclusion at Pembroke . During , his sojourn at Eton the young Earl was again presented to Henry VI . ; and the scene
isthus recorded by Shakespeare : — KMLord of Somersetwhat youth is that
. Henry . y , Somerset . M For y liege whom , it you is young seem to Henry have , Earl so tender of Richmond care ? . _^ If
; Henry . - Come Suggest This prett nither but , tnvth a Eng d will land to my ' s hope divining our . country ' t secret houg ' s powers bliss , . ¦ : -
y prove . ..... His His looks _hedd b are Nature full of peaceful framed to majesty wear a _. _cimowii
; His handrto y wield a sceptre , and himself _^ ¦ ¦ Make Likely much in tune of to him bless a lords regal throne for this . is- he ....... .
, . , , , -my ; .. .. Must help you more than you K . Henry hurt VI by _., me _Art . " 6 >
shire But with this a peace band did of forei not gn last mercen long . aries Edward , and advanced landed in towards York- .
14 Mmijaret^ Be^Tnfdrt^
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/14/
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