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the Manuscript: Part 5
This
section brings together the royal lines of England, France, and Spain
in the persons of Richard, duke of York (multicolored rectangle toward
the bottom) and Edward IV (large interlaced squares just visible at
the bottom). Toward the top appears a closed crown near the entry for
Henry III, from whom a Plantagenet "Tree of Jesse" springs
in another propaganda roll created for Edward IV. [See other
genealogies].
Just
to the right of the closed crown is an image combining a number of
Yorkist symbols in one -- a falcon, badge of Edward's father Richard,
duke of York, sits atop the fetterlock of Edmund
of Langley, which encloses a white rose (silver, now tarnished)
with a cross of St. George at its center. A little further down, a
crown set with suns introduces the Spanish line.
Other
images of note include the Percy crescent,
the Stafford and Bourchier knots, and the ermine-furred cap of state
just above Edward IV's interlaced squares.
The
richness of Edward IV's heritage is brought home by the multicolored
lines in comparison with the plain yellow borders surrounding the three
Lancastrian kings (Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI). Lest anyone miss
the point, three boxes -- surrounded by borders of the appropriate
colors -- explain Edward's hereditary claim to the crowns of each of
these kingdoms.
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