How _George Plantagenet_, third sonne of the Duke of Yorke, was by his brother King _Edward_ wrongfully imprisoned, and by his brother _Richard_ miserably murdered the 11 of Jan. An. 1478.[1162] 1. The foule is fowle, men say, that files the nest: Which makes me loth to speke now, might I chuse, But seyng time vnburdened hath her brest, And fame blowne vp the blast of all abuse, My silence rather might my life accuse Than shroude our shame, though fayne I would it so, For truth will out, although the world say no. 2. And therefore, _Baldwine_, hartely I[1163] thee beseche To pause a while vpon my heauy playnt, And vnneth though[1164] I vtter speedy speche, No fault of wit nor folly makes[1165] mee faynt: No heady drinkes haue gieuen my tongue attaint Through quaffing craft: yet wine my witts confound, Not of which I dranke,[1166] but wherein I drownd.[1167] 3. What prince I am, although I neede not shewe, Because my wine betrayes mee by the smell: For neuer creature was[1168] soust in _Bacchus_ dew To death, but I, through fortune’s rigour fell: Yet that thou maist my story better tell, I will declare as briefly as I may, My welth, my woe, and causers of decay. 4. The famous house surnamde _Plantagenet_, Whereat dame fortune frowardly did frowne, While _Bolenbroke_ vniustly sought to set His lord king _Richard_ quite beside the crowne, Though many a day it wanted due renowne, God so preserved[1169] by prouidence and grace, That lawfull heyres did neuer fayle the race. 5. For _Lionell_, king _Edwarde’s_ eldest childe,[1170] Both eame[1171] and heyr to _Richard_ yssulesse, Begot a daughter _Phillip_, whom[1172] vndefilde[1173] The earle of _March_ espousde, and God did blesse With fruite assinde the kingdom to possesse: I meane syr _Roger Mortimer_, whose heyre, The earle of _Cambridge_, maried _Anne_ the fayre. 6. This earle of _Cambridge_, _Richard_ clept by name, Was sonne to _Edmund Langley_ duke of _Yorke_: Which _Edmund_ was fift brother to the same Duke _Lionell_, that all this lyne doth korke: Of which two howses ioyned in a forke, My father _Richard_, prince _Plantagenet_, True duke of _Yorke_, was lawfull heyr beget. 7.