Tamsin Lewis<p>Two anonymous 17th Century ballads describing the purported evil deeds of Richard III, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, which was fought <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/onthisday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onthisday</span></a> in 1485. <br>A good example of Tudor propaganda.</p><p>A song of the Life and Death of King Richard the Third (to the tune of Who list to lead a soldier's life)<br>and<br>The most cruel murther of Edward the fifth, and his brother Duke of York, in the Tower; by their Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester (to the tune of Fortune my foe)<br>From Richard Johnson's ballad miscellany, The Golden Garland of Princely Delights, 1620</p><p>Eleanor Cramer: <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/soprano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soprano</span></a><br>Richard de Winter: <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/baritone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baritone</span></a><br>Robin Jeffrey: <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/lute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lute</span></a><br>Alison KInder: bass <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/viol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eStjRK_gY-M&ab_channel=Passamezzo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=eStjRK_gY-</span><span class="invisible">M&ab_channel=Passamezzo</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/earlymusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlymusic</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/earlymodern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlymodern</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/richardiii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>richardiii</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/bosworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bosworth</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/tudor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tudor</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/tudors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tudors</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/warsoftheroses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warsoftheroses</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/onthisdayinhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onthisdayinhistory</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/henryvii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>henryvii</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymusic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ballads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballads</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/balladmiscellany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>balladmiscellany</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/broadsideballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadsideballad</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/broadsideballads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadsideballads</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>