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Pi13 Here lies Leachery, Treachery, Pride

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Notes. Like “The pale horse of the Revelation”, this epitaph makes much of Buckingham’s alleged dying words.

“Upon the Death of the Duke of Buckingham, who was stabbd An° 1628. was made this Epitaph.”

Here lies Leachery, Treachery, Pride,

That swore Gods Wounds, & so he died.


Source. BL MS Harley 4931, fol. 9r

Other known sources. Bodleian MS Tanner 465, fol. 102v; CCRO MS CR 63/2/19, fol. 71r

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Edited by Alastair Bellany and Andrew McRae
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