Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this, a parlement was holden at London in the octaues of saint Hilarie, and manie things were concluded, couenants accorded, and oths taken for performance by the K. and his sonne prince Edward, which shortlie after came to little effect. Yet prince Edward, and Henrie the sonne and heire of the king of Almaine, which had béene kept as pledges about the tearme of nine moneths and od daies, were in the Lent following set at libertie, vpon assurance made, Abington. that the said prince Edward should remaine in the kings court, and not depart from thence with|out licence of the king and certeine of the barons. He was also constreined to giue vnto the earle of Leicester the countie Palantine of Chester, before he might obteine to haue so much libertie. Betwéene Easter and Whitsuntide, the earles of Leicester and Glocester fell at variance, through the presumptu|ous demeanour of the earle of Leicesters sonnes, and also bicause the earle of Leicester would not de|liuer the king of Almaine and other prisoners vnto the earle of Glocester, requiring to haue the custo|die of them, bicause he had taken them in the battell at Lewes.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earle of Glocester, perceiuing himselfe not well vsed, secretlie entred into confederacie with the lord Mortimer, and other of the marshes: wherevpon the earle of Leicester hauing thereof some inkeling, came to Hereford, in purpose to haue taken the earle of Glocester, and to haue put him in safe kéeping, as latelie before he had serued the earle of Darbie. But by the practise of the lord Mortimer, shortlie after the lord Edward or prince Edward (whether yee list to call him) assaieng abroad in the fields an horsse or two, such as he should vse at iusts and tornies, which were appointed to be holden, he mounted at length vpon a light courser, which the said lord Mortimer had sent to him;Prince Ed|ward escapeth awaie. Matth. West. and bidding the lord Robert Roos and other (that were appointed to attend on him, as his keepers) farewell, he galloped from them, and could not be ouertaken of them that pursued him, till at length he came to the lord Mortimer, who with a great troope of men was come foorth of his castell of Wigmore to receiue him. This was on the thurs|daie in Whitsunweeke.
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1 About the
same time, the earle of Warren, with William de Ualence earle of Penbroke, the kings halfe brother, and
others, who (as yée haue heard) fled from the battell at Lewes, were now returned into the realme, landing
first in Southwales with a EEBO page image 270 power of crossebowes and other men of warre, the which hearing
that the lord Edward was thus esca|ped out of captiuitie, came to Ludlow, and there ioi|ned with him, and so
likewise did the earle of Gloce|ster. Now after they had communed togither, and were made freends and
confederats, they caused all the bridges to be broken, that the enimies should not come to oppresse them,
till they had assembled all their forces, and passing forward towards Glocester, wan the citie, and still
came people vnto them from all sides, namelie those lords and capteins, which
all the time since the battell of Lewes had laine in Bri|stow. After this they came to Worcester, and entred
there also. When the earle of Leicester was hereof aduertised (who in all this meane time by order ta|ken,
was about the king, and ruled all things in the court) h [...] sent in all hast vnto his sonne Simon de Montfort to raise a power of men,
The earle of Leicesters sonne raiseth an armie. He wan Win|chester.