Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thus the king hauing these Noble men about him,Northampt [...] taken by [...]. with his armie sped him towards Northamp|ton, and comming thither tooke the towne by force, [...]ue diuerse, and tooke prisoners Peter Mountfort, and Simon Mountfort the earle of Leicesters son, William Ferries, Baldwin Wake, with Nicholas his brother, Berengarius de Wateruile, Hugh Gubiun, Robert Buteuilein, Adam of Newmarch, Robert Newton, Philip Dribie, Grimbald Paunce|f [...]et, Roger Beltram, Thomas Mansell, and diuerse other, to the number of 80 knights (or as Matthew Westminster hath 15 barons, and 60 knights) besides a great number of esquires and burgesses, the which were bestowed abroad in sundrie prisons. The towne (as some write) was taken by this meanes. Whilest diuerse of the capteins within were talking with the king on the one side of the towne towards the me|dowes, the lord Philip Basset approched the walles néere vnto the monasterie of S. Andrew, and there with his people hauing spades, mattocks, and other instruments prouided for the purpose, vndermined a EEBO page image 267 great paine of the wall, and reuersed the same into ditches, making such a breach, that fortie horssemen might enter afront. Some put the blame in such moonks of the abbeie as were strangers, as though they should prepare this entrie for the enimie: but howsoeuer it was, the king got the towne out of his enimies hands.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This also is to be remembred, that where by rea|son of variance, which had chanced that yere betwixt the scholers of Oxford and the townesmen, a great number of the same scholers were withdrawen to Northampton and there studied.Scholers fight against the king. They had raised a banner to fight in defense of the towne against the king, and did more hurt to the assailants than anie other band; wherevpon the king threatned to hang them all, and so had he doone indéed, if by the persua|sion of his councell he had not altered his purpose, doubting to procure the hatred of their fréends, if the execution should haue béene so rigorouslie prosecuted against them: for there were amongst them manie yoong gentlemen of good houses and noble paren|tage. Thus was the towne of Northampton taken on a saturdaie being Passion sundaie euen, and the morrow after the daie of S. Ambrose which is the fift of Aprill. On the monday following, the king led his armie towards Leicester, where the burgesses recei|ued him into the towne at his comming thither. From thence he marched to Notingham, burning and wasting the houses and manors of the barons and other of his enimies, and speciallie those that be|longed to the earle of Leicester. Here he also gathe|red more people,Some write that Iohn de Balioll and Robert de Bruis, and Peter de Bruis, came to him here and not before Matt. West. The castell of Turburie de|faced. and so increased his power: in so|much that diuerse Noblemen, as Roger Clifford, Henrie Percie, Richard Gray, Philip Basset, Ri|chard Sward, and Hubert earle of Kent, doubting the lacke of power in their companions, reuolted in|continentlie to the kings side.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 He sent his sonne prince Edward into Darbi|shire and Staffordshire with a strong power, where he wasted the manours and possessions of Robert de Ferrers earle of Darbie, and namelie he ouerthrew and defaced the castell of Tutburie. Wheresoeuer the kings armie, or that which his sonne prince Edward led, chanced to come, there followed spoiling, burning and killing. The barons on the other side sate not still, for the lord Iohn Gifford, with others that were ap|pointed by the earle of Leicester to kéepe Killing|worth castell (which was furnished with all things necessarie, maruellouslie, and with such strange kind of engines as had not béene lightlie heard of nor seene in these parts) tooke by a policie the castell of Warwike, and William Manduit earle of War|wike,The castell of Warwike taken. with his wife and familie within it; and lea|ding them to Killingworth, there cõmitted them to prison. The cause was, for that they suspected him that he would take part with the king against them. The castell of Warwike they raced downe, least the kings people should take it for their refuge.The castell of Warwike raced. The Iewes are killed. In the Passion weeke the Iewes that inhabited in Lon|don being detected of treason, which they had deuised against the barons and citizens, were slaine almost all the whole number of them, and great riches found in their houses, which were taken and caried awaie by those that ransacked the same houses.