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“Thirty dayes hath Nouember,
Aprill, June and September,
February hath xxviii alone,
And all the rest haue xxxi.”

Richard Grafton

Chronicles of England (1562).

“They may the better fish in the water when it is troubled.”

Richard Grafton

Chronicles (I, 283).

“Printer to the Queen.”

Richard Grafton

Signature on the Proclamation of the accession of Lady Jane Grey (1553). This declaration turned out to be a poor decision, as Grafton was cast into prison when Mary I took the throne unopposed after Lady Jane's nine day rule.

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