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When Richard saw the day was lost he rushed into the midst of his enemies & died Sword in hand -- The Crown being found after the battle was placed on the head of the Earl of Richmond -- Richard's body was taken thrown across a horse carried to Leicester & then buried in the Grey-friars Church without the least ceremony -- Richard was killed on the 22d of August 1485 in the 34 year of his age after a reign of two years -- Richard was small in stature & his aspect severe & forbidding, one of his