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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then after that the earle of Surrie was come to the English campe, bicause William Waleis ceas|sed not in the meane time to assemble more people, the Englishmen doubting some treason, resolued to giue battell, but whilest they were in mind thus to do, the bishop of Glasco and William Douglas to a|uoid the note of disloialtie and treason,The bishop of Glasco and William Dou+glas. came and sub|mitted themselues: and so the bishop was commit|ted to ward within the castell of Rokesborough, and William Douglas in the castell of Berwike. It is to be noted, that euen in the verie time that the trea|tie was in hand betwixt the lord Percie and the Sco|tish capteins, the Scots of Gallowaie and other set vpon that part of the English campe, where the tr [...]s [...]e and baggage laie, which they spoiled and ran|sacked, slaieng aboue fiue hundreth persons, what of men, women and children, but the alarum being rai|sed, the Englishmen came to the rescue, and chasing the Scots, slue aboue a thousand of them, and reco|uered the most part of their owne goods, Abington. with more which they tooke from their enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The archbish. of Canturbu|rie receiued into fauour.In this meane time king Edward at the feast of Lammas held a councell at London, where he recei|ued the archbishop of Canturburie againe into his fauor, restoring vnto him all his goods and lands. He appointed him and the lord Reinold Grey to haue his eldest sonne prince Edward in kéeping, till his re|turne out of Flanders. But Nicholas Triuet writeth, that the said prince Edward being appointed to re|maine at home, Nic. Triuet. Gardians ap|pointed to the kings sonne in his fathers absence. as lieutenant to his father, there were appointed vnto him as councellors, Richard bi|shop of London, William earle of Warwike, and the forenamed lord Reinold Grey, with the lord Iohn Gifford, and the lord Alane Plokenet, men of high wisedome,Earles Mar|shall and Here+ford refuse to go ouer with the king into Flanders. grauitie and discretion, without ma|king mention of the archbishop of Canturburie in that place. The two earles Marshall and Hereford being commanded to attend the king into Flan|ders, refused, excusing themselues by messenger.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Sir Rafe Monthermer released.After this, the king caused sir Rafe Monthermer (whom his daughter the countesse of Glocester, in hir widowhood had taken to husband without kno|ledge of hir father) to be deliuered out of the castell of Bristow, wherein he had béene kept prisoner a cer|teine time vpon displeasure for the marriage: but now he was not onelie set at libertie, but also resto|red to his wife, and to all the lands perteining to the earledome of Glocester, appointing him to find 50 men at armes to serue in that iournie into Flan|ders.Scotishmen released. He also deliuered the earles of Cassels and Menteth, Iohn Comin, and diuers other Scotish|men, appointing them also to go with him into Flan|ders. Finallie hauing assembled his armie, ouer the which he made the lord Thomas Berklie constable, and Geffrey Ienuille marshall,The lord Berkley. A libell deli|uered to the king from [...] earles o [...] H [...]|reford and Marshall. he went to Win|chelsey, and whilst he laie there before he tooke the sea, there was presented vnto him from the earles a wri|ting, which conteined the causes of the gréefe of all the archbishops, bishops, abbats, earles, lords, barons, and of all the communaltie, as well for summoning them to serue by an vndue meane, as also for the vn|reasonable taxes, subsidies, impositions & paiements which they dailie susteined, and namelie the impost augmented vpon the custome of wooll seemed to them verie greeuous. For whereas for euerie sacke of whole wooll there was fortie shillings paid, and for e|uerie sacke of broken wooll one marke: it was well knowne, that the wooll of England was almost in value esteemed to be woorth halfe the riches of the realme, and so the custome thereof paid, would as|cend to a fift part of all the substance of the land.

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