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A taste for higher education;
Here is a citizen at home;
Note his very brainy Dome.
Richard III. Richard (Crookback) in fateful hour
1483-1485 Smothered his nephews in the Tower,
He murdered them the Crown to gain;
A heavy price for three years' reign.
The Scutcheon's blotted terribly
Of this King Richard number Three,
For it seems his recreation
Was ordering decapitation.
1485 On Bosworth Field when sorely pressed
He made a bid th'uncommonest
'My kingdom for a horse' he cried;
No offers coming, there he died.
Henry VII. Lancastrian Richmond wins the fight
1485-1509 And to make his title right
Elizabeth of York espouses,
Thus uniting the two Houses.
This Henry Seven of Tudor line
To misers' habits did incline;
Twelve millions stated to possess,
A tidy little fortune! Yes!
Star Chamber Much he managed to extort
By means of a Star Chamber Court
From the rich nobles; A new wile
For adding to the kingly pile.
With cash in hand he could attain
His wish as Autocrat to reign;
As sole possessor of the guns
The King no risk from rebels runs.
[Illustration: SKYSCRAPE FLATS TO BE ERECTED HERE