buttheKingwassosecretinallhedid,thateventhenhegaveitaconsequence,whichitcannotbesupposedtohaveinitselfdeserved.
AtlastPerkinWarbeckranaway,andtookrefugeinanothersanctuarynearRichmondinSurrey.Fromthishewasagainpersuadedtodeliverhimselfup;and,beingconveyedtoLondon,hestoodinthestocksforawholeday,outsideWestminsterHall,andtherereadapaperpurportingtobehisfullconfession,andrelatinghishistoryastheKing\'sagentshadoriginallydescribedit.HewasthenshutupintheToweragain,inthecompanyoftheEarlofWarwick,whohadnowbeenthereforfourteenyears:eversincehisremovaloutofYorkshire,exceptwhentheKinghadhadhimatCourt,andhadshownhimtothepeople,toprovetheimpostureoftheBaker\'sboy.Itisbuttooprobable,whenweconsiderthecraftycharacterofHenrytheSeventh,thatthesetwowerebroughttogetherforacruelpurpose.Aplotwassoondiscoveredbetweenthemandthekeepers,tomurdertheGovernor,getpossessionofthekeys,andproclaimPerkinWarbeckasKingRichardtheFourth.Thattherewassomesuchplot,islikely;thattheyweretemptedintoit,isatleastaslikely;thattheunfortunateEarlofWarwick-lastmaleofthePlantagenetline-
wastoounusedtotheworld,andtooignorantandsimpletoknowmuchaboutit,whateveritwas,isperfectlycertain;andthatitwastheKing\'sinteresttogetridofhim,isnolessso.HewasbeheadedonTowerHill,andPerkinWarbeckwashangedatTyburn.
SuchwastheendofthepretendedDukeofYork,whoseshadowyhistorywasmademoreshadowy-andeverwillbe-bythemysteryandcraftoftheKing.Ifhehadturnedhisgreatnaturaladvantagestoamorehonestaccount,hemighthavelivedahappyandrespectedlife,eveninthosedays.ButhedieduponagallowsatTyburn,leavingtheScottishlady,whohadlovedhimsowell,kindlyprotectedattheQueen\'sCourt.Aftersometimesheforgotheroldlovesandtroubles,asmanypeopledowithTime\'smercifulassistance,andmarriedaWelshgentleman.Hersecondhusband,SIR
MATTHEWCRADOC,morehonestandmorehappythanherfirst,liesbesideherinatombintheoldchurchofSwansea.