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He would represent the Eldest branch of the house of Somerset: he would inherit all the title of that Family to the Crown, & tho its Claim, while any legitimate branch subsisting of the house of Lancaster had always been much disregarded, the Zeal of faction after the Death of Henry 6th & the Murder of Prince Edward, immediately conferred a weight & consideration upon it. Morton Bishop of Ely suggested that the only means of overturning the present Usurpation, was to unite the opposite factions by contracting a Marriage between the Earl of Richmont & the Princess Elyzabeth Elder Daughter to Edward the 4th and thereby blending [[deletion]] the op [[/deletion]] together the opposite [[deletion]] parties [[/deletion]] pretensions of their Families, which had so long
