Great Throughts Treasury

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Earl Rivers, Richard Woodville (or Wydeville), 1st Earl Rivers

English Nobleman, Earl Rivers was an English title held in succession by the families of Woodville or Wydeville, Darcy and Savage

"The thought is the myrrour of the man, wherein he may behold his beaute & his filth."

"Man hath power ouer his wordis til they be spoken, & whan he hath ones vttered them he hath noo power ouer hem."