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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The first enterprise they made was at Hereford,Risanger no|teth this to be 1264. where they tooke the bishop of that sée named Iohn Breton, and as manie of his canons as were stran|gers borne. After this they tooke sir Matthew de Be|zilles shiriffe of Glocester, a stranger borne; and kée|ping on their waie towards London with baners displaied, so manie as came within their reach,The barons make hauoc [...] whom they knew to be against the maintenance of the sta|tutes of Oxford, they spoiled them of their houses, robbed them of their goods, and imprisoned their bo|dies, hauing no regard whether they were spirituall men or temporall. In diuerse of the kings castels they placed such capteins and soldiers as they thought conuenient, [...] placed others whom they either knew or suspected to be aduersaries to their purpose.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About Midsummer when they drew néere to Lon|don, they sent a letter to the maior and aldermen vn|der the seale of the earle of Leicester, willing to vn|derstand whether they woul [...] [...]bserue the acts and sta|t [...]tes establish [...]d at Oxford, or else aid and assist such persons as meant the breath of the same. And here|with they sent vnto them [...] copie of those articles, with a prouiso, that if any of them were preiudiciall, or in any wife hurtfull to the realme and common|wealth, that then the same by the aduise of discré [...]t persons should be amended and reformed. The maior bare this letter and the copie of the articles vnto the king, who in this meane time remained in the towre of London togither with the quéene and the king of Almaine, latelie returned out of Almaine; also his sonne prince Edward, and manie other of his coun|cell. The king asked of the maior what he thought of those articles? Who made such answer as the king EEBO page image 265 séemed well pleased therewith, and so permitted the maior to returne againe into the citie,The diligence o [...] the lord ma|i [...]r of London. who toke much paine in keeping the citie in good quiet now in that dangerous time.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 All such the inhabitants as were strangers borne, and suspected to fauour either of the parties, were ba|nished the citie, but within a while after, prince Ed|ward set them or the most part of them in offices within the castell of Windsore. On the saturdaie next after the translation of saint Benet, as the quéene would haue passed by water from the tower vnto Windsore,The misde|meanor of lewd persons towards the quéene. a sort of lewd naughtipacks got them to the bridge, making a noise at hir, and crieng; Drowne the witch, threw downe stones, cudgels, dirt, and other things at hir, so that she escaped in great danger of hir person, fled to Lambeth, and through feate to be further pursued, landed there, and so she staied till the maior of London with much adoo appesing the furie of the people, repaired to the quéene and brought hir backe againe in safetie vnto the tow|er. And (as some write) bicause the king would not suffer hir to enter againe into the tower, Chron. Dunst. the maior conueied hir vnto the bishop of Londons house by Paules, and there lodged hir.

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