South London . •LE LOKE ^-^K things, however, deprive her, somewhat, of the pity which weought to feel for so many misfortunes. She, too, had to retire to the seclusion of Bermondsey,where she could sit and watch the ships go up and down,and so feel that the world, with which she had no more con-cern, still continued. It has been suggested that she retiredvoluntarily to the Abbey. Such a retreat was not in the 64 SOUTH LONDON character of Elizabeth Woodville, so long as there was adaughter or a kinsman left to fight for. Like Katharine ofValois, she made an end not without dignity. Witness the
South London . •LE LOKE ^-^K things, however, deprive her, somewhat, of the pity which weought to feel for so many misfortunes. She, too, had to retire to the seclusion of Bermondsey,where she could sit and watch the ships go up and down,and so feel that the world, with which she had no more con-cern, still continued. It has been suggested that she retiredvoluntarily to the Abbey. Such a retreat was not in the 64 SOUTH LONDON character of Elizabeth Woodville, so long as there was adaughter or a kinsman left to fight for. Like Katharine ofValois, she made an end not without dignity. Witness thefollowing clause in her will :— Item. Whereas I have no worldly goods with which to do theQueens Grace, my dearest daughter, a pleasure, neither to rewardany of my children, according to my heart and mind, I beseech GodAlmighty to bless her Grace with all her noble Issue, and, with asgood a heart and mind as may be, 1 give her Grace aforesaid myblessing and all the aforesaid my children. In this chapter it
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