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Pi13 Here lies Leachery, Treachery, Pride


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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