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the descendants of the house of York were either Women or Minors, it was suggested to write the opposite factions by contracting a Marriage between the Earl of Richmond and the Princess Elizabeth the eldest Daughter of Edward the 4th--and the Queen Dowager readily entered into the project-- The victory which the Earl of Richmond gained at Boswarth was intirely decisive and [[addition]] ^ he [[/addition]] was immediately saluted with long live Henry the 7th He accepted the title without hesitation and asserted his claim to the Throne as heir to the House of Lancaster; The Parliament anxious [[deletion]] anxious [[/deletion]] to preserve the legal undisputed succession to the Crown petitioned Henry to espouse the Pss Elizabeth the Marriage was celebrated at London and gave universal Joy-- Henry remarked with much displeasure the general favour borne to the House of York-- The suspicions which arose from it not only disturbed his tranquillity during his whole reign, but poisoned all his domestic injoyments--Though virtuous, amiable, and obsequious to the last degree she never met with a proper return of affection or even of complaisance from her husband--and the
