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both ends Van and Rere Drums
No place but lin'd alike: sure from oppression; They will not change this figure: we must charge 'em, And charge 'em home at both ends, Van and Rere, [ Drums in another place afar off.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10 by John Fletcher

boys Edward V and Richard Duke
The two boys (Edward V. and Richard, Duke of York) were carried to the Tower.
— from A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland by Mary Platt Parmele

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