The King's Dogge Page 33
by Nigel Green
28 Curiously enough, it was the largely pro-Tudor historian, William Shakespeare, who was the first to refer to the impersonation of Henry Tudor (or the Earl of Richmond as he was named until he became king). Shakespeare gives King Richard the lines: ‘I think there must be six Richmonds in the field/Five have I slain today instead of him.’ (Richard III, Act V, Scene iv.)
