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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This ruine fell to the baron [...] by the discord which was sproong latelie before,The pri [...]e of the earle of Leicesters sons brin|geth the ba|rons to con|fusion. betwixt the earles of Lei|cester and Glocester, through the insolencie and pride of the earle of Leicesters sonnes, who (as I said be|fore) despising other of the nobilitie, and forgetting in the meane time the nature of true and vnstained no|blenesse, wherof it is said and trulie remembred, that

Nobilitas morum plus [...] [...]genitorum,
spake manie reprochfull words by the said earle of Glocester, and vsed him in such euill sort, that he vp|on displeasur [...] thereof, had not onelie procured the scape of prince Edward, but ioined with him in aid, against the said earle of Leicester, and other of the ba|rons, to the vtter confusion, [...]th of them and of their cause. The bodie of the same earle was shamefullie abused & cut in peeces, his head and his priuie mem|bers were cut off, and fastened on either side of his nose, and presented vnto the wife of the lord Roger Mortimer.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The people conceiued an opinion, that this earle being thus slaine, Polydor. fighting in defense of the liberties of the realme, & performance of his oth, as they tooke it, died a martyr: which by the bruted holinesse of his passed life and miracles ascribed to him after his death, was greatlie confirmed in the next age. But the feare of the kings displeasure staied the people from hastie honouring him as a saint at this time, where otherwise, they were inclined greatlie thereto, reputing him for no lesse in their conscience, as in se|cret talke they would not sticke to vtter. There were wounded & taken, Matth. West. besides the other that were slaine at that battell of Euesham, Guie de Montfort, the earle of Leicesters sonne, the lords Iohn Fitz Iohn, Henrie de Hastings, Humfrie de Bohun the yoon|ger, Iohn de Uescie, Peter de Montfort the yoon|ger, and Nicholas de Segraue with others. The king being deliuered out of his aduersaries hands, and likewise the king of Romans, went vnto War|wike, and there increasing his power, determined to pursue his enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But first, about the Natiuitie of our ladie was a parlement holden at Winchester,A parlement at Winche|ster. where the statuts of Oxford were cleerelie repealed. Also, all such as had fauoured the barons, and were as then either in prison or abroad, should be disherited. It was also ordeined at this parlement, that the wealthiest citi|zens of London should be cast into prison, and that the citie should be depriued of hir liberties. Also, that the stulps and cheins, wherewith the stréets were fensed, should be had awaie, bicause that the citizens had aided the earle of Leicester against the king and his realme. All this was doone, for the chéefe citizens were committed to ward within the castle of Wind|sor, till they had paid no small summes of monie for their fines. The liberties of the citie were suspended, and the towre of London was made stronger by the stulps and cheins which were brought into it out of the citie. Moreouer, bicause Simon de Montfort might not agrée with the king, being come to this parlement vpon assurance, he was restored to the ca|stell of Killingworth.

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