The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-13

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M HTSM ~ denly lifts h I'M G t
l&E <Sp&Sag -, from the ranks of the
lAX4xx-y,s@stkr "A Imassos and proclaims
lea.Ssssezes.< &c zAsA2 himself, "by right of
birth and the grace ef God, nrightful mon
arch 81, ope, Of the greatest nations in the
world must have in him, If sane, those
quEfliticsof dArfiit and leadership that Dire
supposed 60 DO tho rrcr0gativosof 1najestyi
GReat do is the. danger, there has been
a number of royal impostors---tt' Pretend
ers" there have been without count-and
theefof&most the king of ala these, is Per
kin Warbcek. O. F's-"H. "-st3S7 IN" 40
Poet, novelist, painter and historian
have made this daring youth a subject for
investigation and art trcatment., And, to-
day, after the lapse of centuries and his
own confession in the. Tower of London,
there are not wanting those romantic ma
lures Who Believe that Perkin Warbeck
was all Ire claimed to be When, as a young
advcnturcr RE left the dikes Of Holland
with the thronn of England as his dostina7
ton. 1t is,possble that some one of,tbe 81
different stories as To the placeand time Of
birth and the ancestry of Perkin, Warbcck,
may be right, but as each story has been.
refuted in turn it is safe TO say that his
tory retains no authentic record of the am
teccdents of one,pf its conspicuous charac-
tiers, ,...... ....,...-., 81. ..... .......,.-,
He and his adherents claimed--and they
did it with force of arms and royal honors
that he was the Duke of York, son of
Edward " of England, who was supposed
to have been murdered in the tower with
his Older brother by Richard III, These
people, maintained, and. with show of,
reason that won all Scotland and much of
England to their side, that while the older
brother was killed the younger WAS
saved and sent to Holland, The wonder4
full resemblance of the daring young im7.
postor to. his reputed father, Edward,
helped 70 sustain and pstrepgthen his
claim. Without doubt it,Was this striking
resemblancc that first, .attraeted the atton-
ton of the English, who. hated the tyrant
Richard III and his two successors to the
young man and decided them, to push his
claims for their own, ends p..,u .,.. -.r.
Among all the guesseS as to the ancestry
of ,Perkin Warbeck that Of tho French
writer, DcyerGauX, is most accurate. He,
shows, to his own satisfaction at least,
that Warbecli was the illegitimate son of a
jew banker and that he was born in Tour
nay, ,Bance, about the year 147O. ;. rlJ
In proof Of this Devereauz, shows that
nothing is known of the young mans /
mother, hut all writer's who have treated
the subject agree that he was educated at
Tourney, and that ho,J0w. banker met
all his expenses there and furnished him
with. money afterWard. Others claim that
the Jew was an, honest man and simply
acted as the custodian of funds intrusted
TO him for the purpose by the opponents.
Of Richard. .,- ns.nr,,r.i ,.,,..-.,.,
In the same way there have been scores
of theories as towherc, how and when the
great impostor got, took or was given the |
rather piebeian name OF Perkin Warbeck. 4
After he reached the age of 20, in 1880, |
up. TO the hour of his tragic dfath the his |
torieal record is complete, and IT Is safe to
say it il fairly accurate. .-....r.. ~a
Ii that year he was "a youth of wonder.
full beauty, rare accomplishments and, |
royal bearing For year his right to |
the English throne had been discussed |
particularly by the opponents of England |
and the haters of HenFy VII, chief OF /
whom was Margaret, dowager duchess Of |
Burgundy . ... 1,. .Y.r ... Pa. ~
This lady sent fer Perkin Warbeck. She
addressed him as her 9 Cousin Richard,
duke of York." and received him with |
tho honors accorded to royalty. l,.... r
Without doubt the Duchess of Burgundy
knew that her guest was an impostpr but
so handsome was his person, So cultured
his mind so knightly his hearing and so
great his resemblance to Edward that, like
child alarmed at the bears of its ownyl
creation, she at length became a believer
in the man whom she had called to her
court TO be her tool .' r.r-...... /
Although in the thickening shadows Of
a long and far from holy life, it is said the
old duchess was deeply enamored of Per- /
kin Warbcck and became Jealous of her
maids of honor, all of whom seem to have
fallen in love with him, not so much be-
cause he was the possible king of England /
as for his unusual beauty and fascinating l.
manners 4u.. +, -
In an age Of vice and incompetence Per-
kin Warbeck was. sober and clean but he
would have been more. or less than AMMAN
If he had withstood the temptations of the
court of Burgundy Indeed, that same
Devereaux strongly hints that although
Perkip Warbeok failed, Of, the English |,
throne his deScendants can be traced,
'eyen unto this day" among not only
many If the 'iiristocratic families of France
bat among royal families
rs we'll b, a. f7'- E' "H Ail-'H' ~
At tho courts of BurGuhdy the iianic Per,
kin WarheolS was dropped, and hs was Z
known there and thenafter us his royal b
higAncss the Duke of York. ''l.. tna arI.
LIZ, 1893, when the civilized world was, II
.hril)ing with the story of the discovery of
/ new World, war was declared between II
England and France, Charles VII being I
'ulerof the latter and Henry VII OF the (
oryYdrl-2r G. mr.! AHcJ.t r.l. Cf9 Gls
openly supported by Burgundy and COW
rtly, BY France, Pcfkfn Warbctk landed n
It Cork Ireland -lntei in hoe, and the |
IRISH, ever hntfednistic to the ruling soy Vi
roPh bf England, ffoclltd by htindteds to- II
Tie !neTtated the Engiishp Fl
rovtltRdfn 6tit ~. hfunster and WAS bughg Ec