Compare 1577 edition: 1 Bedford ca|stell deliuered to the barons.Whilest they remained here a certeine time to for|tifie and furnish the castell with necessarie prouision, there came letters to them from London, giuing them to vnderstand, that if they would send a conue|nient power of souldiers to defend the citie, the same should be receiued thereinto at some meet and reaso|nable time in the night season by the citizens, who would ioine with them in that quarell against the king to the vttermost of their powers. The lords were glad of these newes, to haue the chiefe citie of the realme to take part with them, and therfore they sent foure bands of souldiers streightwaies thither, which were brought into the citie in the night season (according to order aforehand taken.) But as Matt. Paris saith, they were receiued into the citie by Al|gate, the 24 of Maie being sundaie, whilest the citi|zens were at masse. The next day they made open re|bellion, tooke such as they knew fauoured the king, brake into the houses of the Iewes, & spoiled them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The barons hauing thus gotten possession of the citie of London, wrote letters vnto all those lords which as yet had not ioined with them in this confe|deracie, Matth. Paris. threatening that if they refused to aid them now in this necessitie,The barons write to other of the nobilitie to ioine with them against the king, they would destroie their ca|stels, manours, parkes, and other possessions, ma|king open warre vpon them as the enimies of God, and rebels to the church. These were the names of those lords which yet had not sworne to mainteine the foresaid liberties, William Marshall earle of Pen|broke, Rainulfe earle of Chester, Nicholas earle of Salisburie, William earle Warren, William erle of Albemarle, H. earle of Cornewall, W. de Albe|nie, Robert de Ueipount, Peter Fitz Herbert, Bri|an de Lisley, G. de Lucie, G. de Furniuall, Tho|mas Basset, H. de Braibrooke, I. de Bassingborne, W. de Cantlow, H. de Cornwall, Iohn Fitz Hugh, Hugh de Neuill, Philip de Albenie, Iohn Marshall, and William Brewer. All these vpon receipt of the barons letters, or the more part of them came to London, and ioined themselues with the barons, vt|terlie renouncing to aid king Iohn.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Also the plées in the eschequer ceased, and the shi|riffes staied from executing their office.The king lest desolate of fréends. For there was none that would paie anie monie to the kings vse, nor anie that did obeie him, in somuch that there remained with him but onelie seuen horssemen of all his traine at one time (as some write) though soone after he had a great power, which came to him to the castell of Windsore, where he then laie, Polydor. and meant to haue led the same against the lords with all spéed. But hearing now of this new rebellion of the Londoners, he changed his purpose and durst not de|part from Windsore, being brought in great doubt least all the other cities of the realme would follow their example. Herevpon he thought good to assaie if he might come to some agreement by waie of com|munication, and incontinentlie sent his ambassa|dours to the barons, promising them that he would satisfie their requests, if they would come to Wind|sore to talke with him.