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Much about this time he became obnoxious to Henry VII for opposing his exactions upon the people. Henry was a covetous mean prince, and entirely devoted to the council of Emson and Dudley, who then were very justly reckoned the caterpillars of the state. The King demanded a large subsidy to bestow on his eldest daughter, who was then about to be married to James IV. of Scotland.
King Henry soon after dying, his son who began his reign with some popular acts, tho' afterwards he degenerated into a monstrous tyrant, caused Dudley and Emson to be impeached of high treason for giving bad advice to his father; and however illegal such an arraignment might be, yet they met the just fate of oppressors and traitors to their country.
Captain Dyer in the thick of it the while, going from man to man, warning them to keep themselves out of sight, and to aim low. "Take care of yourselves, my lads. I value every one of you at a hundred of those black scoundrels. Tut, tut, who's that down?" "Corporal Bray," says some one. "Here, Emson, Smith, both of you lend a hand here: we'll make Bantem's quarters hospital.
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