The British nation a history / by George MWrong . l earl was to be seen alive and in Henrys custodyin London. But when Simnellanded in England with sometrained mercenaries from Ger-many and a horde of half-naked Irish, his force was sooncut to pieces, and Henry con-temptuously gave him a postin his own kitchen. PerkinWarbeck, a clever native ofTournay, in France, was amore dangerous professed to be Richard,Duke of York, the younger ofthe two princes murdered in the Tower. Him, too, thesusceptible Irish received, and the chief courts of Europefavoured his cause; Edward IVs sister, M
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . l earl was to be seen alive and in Henrys custodyin London. But when Simnellanded in England with sometrained mercenaries from Ger-many and a horde of half-naked Irish, his force was sooncut to pieces, and Henry con-temptuously gave him a postin his own kitchen. PerkinWarbeck, a clever native ofTournay, in France, was amore dangerous professed to be Richard,Duke of York, the younger ofthe two princes murdered in the Tower. Him, too, thesusceptible Irish received, and the chief courts of Europefavoured his cause; Edward IVs sister, Margaret, Dowa-ger Duchess of Burgundy, welcomed him as her nephew,and King James IV of Scotland gave him in marriage akinswoman, the Lady Catherine Gordon. For seven yearsHenry VII was kept in a state of alarm and suspicion. In1495 he suddenly charged Sir William Stanley, a greatlandowner, who had put the crown on the victors head atBosworth, with treason in Warbecks interest, and sent himto the block. But the impostors cause aroused little real. Elizabeth of Yokk, Queen ofHenry VII (1465-1503). 236 THE BRITISH NATION sympathy, and Henry was stronger than he himself imag-ined. Warbeck at last fell into his hands, confessed, andwas greeted in London by Jeering crowds. For a time hewas kept in easy captivity about the court, but at lengthhe and his fellow captive, the poor Earl of Warwick, whoseonly crime was that he was the son of Clarence, were sentto the scaffold on a trumped-up charge of conspiracy. Henry VIIs main task was to destroy the old factions,and to give England firm and stable government, and he did it thoroughly. He was patient, secretive,Hen-Tvil ^^^^ ^^^^^^ necessary, relentless, in his policy. A passionate desire for peace was passed an act which relieved the minds ofthose who feared or hoped for a Yorkist restoration, bydeclaring that no one should be punished in future forobeying the sovereign in possession. With relentless per-Depression of
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