Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thus the countrie being wasted on each hand, the king hasted forward till he came to Wellestreme sands, where passing the washes he lost a great part of his armie,The losse of the kings carriages. with horsses and carriages, so that it was iudged to be a punishment appointed by God, that the spoile which had béene gotten and taken out of churches, abbeies, and other religious houses, should perish, and be lost by such means togither with the spoilers. Yet the king himselfe, and a few other, escaped the violence of the waters, Matth. Paris. Matth. West. by following a good guide. But as some haue written, he tooke such greefe for the losse susteined at this passage, that im|mediatlie therevpon he fell into an ague, the force and heat whereof,King Iohn falleth sicke of an ague. Matth. Paris. togither with his immoderate feeding on rawe peaches, and drinking of new si|der, so increased his sicknesse, that he was not able to ride, but was faine to be carried in a litter presentlie made of twigs, with a couch of strawe vnder him, without any bed or pillow, thinking to haue gone to Lincolne, but the disease still so raged and grew vpon him, that he was inforced to staie one night at the ca|stell of Laford,Laford. Matth. West. Matt. Paris. and on the next day with great paine, caused himselfe to be caried vnto Newarke, where in the castell through anguish of mind, rather than through force of sicknesse,King Iohn departed this life. he departed this life the night before the ninetéenth day of October, in the yeare of his age fiftie and one, and after he had reig|ned seauenteene yeares, six moneths, and seauen and twentie daies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶There be which haue written, that after he had lost his armie, he came to the abbeie of Swineshead in Lincolneshire, and there vnderstanding the cheape|nesse and plentie of corne, shewed himselfe greatlie displeased therewith, as he that for the hatred which he bare to the English people, that had so traitorous|lie reuolted from him vnto his aduersarie Lewes, wished all miserie to light vpon them, and therevp|on said in his anger, that he would cause all kind of graine to be at a farre higher price, yer manie daies should passe. Where vpon a moonke that heard him speake such words, being mooued with zeale for the oppression of his countrie, gaue the king poison in a cup of ale, wherof he first tooke the a [...]aie, Caxton. to cause the king not to suspect the master, and so they both died in manner at one time.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 There are that write, Gisburn & [...] how one of his owne ser|uants did conspire with a conuert of that abbeie, and that they prepared a dish of peares, which they poiso|ned, three of the whole number excepted, which dish the said conuert presented vnto him. And when the king suspected them to be poisoned indéed, by reason that such pretious stones as he had about him, cast foorth a certeine sweat, as it were bewraieng the poison, he compelled the said conuert to tast and eat some of them, who knowing the thrée peares which were not poisoned, tooke and eat those three, which when the king had séene, he could not longer absteine, but fell to, and eating gréedilie of the rest, died the same night, no hurt happening to the conuert, who thorough helpe of such as bare no good will to the K. found shift to escape, and conueied himselfe awaie from danger of receiuing due punishment for so wicked a deed.