THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH Treachery of the Stanleys explained . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 149 King Richard's military talent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 English pluck displayed by Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Loyal men flocking to the King's standard . . . . . . . . 151 Description of the country round Bosworth . . . . . . . . 152 Positions of the two armies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 King Richard leads his men to the encounter . . . . . . . 154 Treachery of Lord Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 The King's gallant charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Death of the King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155-156-157 Richard buried at Leicester. Memorials . . . . . . . . . 158 Character of King Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 His generosity. Arbitrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Able administration. Building operations . . . . . . . . 161 Literary tastes. Founded the Heralds' College . . . . . . 162 Comparison of Richard and the Tudors . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 163 His married life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Contemporary Sovereigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 {xvi} _PART II_ CHAPTER I THE AUTHORITIES The Plantagenet Dynasty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Character and position of the accusers . . . . . . . . . . 167 Extravagance of their caricature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Writers in the pay of the Tudors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 The notorious pamphlet by Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168-171 Bernard André . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Polydore Virgil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171-172 Rous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Fabyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Warkworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Continuators of the Croyland Chronicle . . . . . . . . . . 175-178 Official documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Hall, Grafton, Holinshed, Stow, Buck . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Reaction. Modern authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Miss Halsted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Upholders of the Tudor stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182-183 CHAPTER II EXAMINATION OF THE CHARGES AGAINST RICHARD