Compare 1577 edition: 1 Wherefore the archbishop of Yorke, meaning in time of such necessitie to doo his indeuour in defense of his countrie, assembled such power as he could get togither, of clearkes, moonks, canons, and other spi|rituall men of the church, with husbandmen and such other vnapt people for the warres: and thus with a great number of men, and see to warlike or discréet chéefeteins, he togither with the bishop of Elie, as then lord chancellour, came foorth against the Scots, Auesburie. and incountred with them at a place called Mitton vpon Suale, the twelfth day of October. Here as the Englishmen passed ouer the water of Suale, the Scots set fire vpon certeine stacks of haie, The disco [...]ture of Mit|ton vpon Suale. Caxton. the smoke whereof was so huge, that the Englishmen might not see where the Scots laie. And when the Englishmen were once got ouer the water, the Scots came vpon them with a wing in a good order of battell, in fashion like to a sheeld, egerlie assailing thier enimies, who for lacke of good gouernement were easilie beaten downe and discomfited, without shewing any great resistance: so that there were slaine to the number EEBO page image 324 [...] EEBO page image 325 number of two thousand and the residue shamefullie put to flight. Polydor.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The archbishop, Auesburie. the lord chancellor, and the abbat of Selbie, with helpe of their swift horsses escaped, and diuerse other. The maior of Yorke named Ni|cholas Fleming was slaine, & sir William Diremin preest taken prisoner. Manie were drowned, by rea|son that the Scots had gotten betwixt the English|men and the bridge, Caxton. so that the Englishmen fled be|twixt that wing of the Scots and their maine bat|tell, which had compassed the Englishmen about on the one side, as the wing did vpon the other. And bi|cause so manie spirituall men died in this battell, it was after named of manie writers The white bat|tell. The king of England informed of this ouer|throw giuen by the Scots to the Northerne men, he brake vp his siege incontinentlie, and returned to Yorke.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Polydor. Thus all the kings exploits by one means or o|ther quailed, and came but to euill successe, so that the English nation began to grow in contempt by the infortunate gouernment of the prince, the which as one out of the right waie, rashlie and with no good aduisement ordered his dooings, which thing so gréeued the noblemen of the realme, that they studi|ed day and night by what means they might procure him to looke better to his office and dutie; which they iudged might well be brought to passe, his nature being not altogither euill, if they might find shift to remooue from him the two Spensers,The enuie of the lords to|wards the Spensers. Hugh the fa|ther, and Hugh the sonne, who were gotten into such fauour with him, that they onelie did all things, and without them nothing was doone, so that they were now had in as great hatred and indignation (sith
both of the lords and commons, as euer in times past was Peers de Gaueston the late earle of Cornwall. But the lords minded not so much the destruction of these Spensers, but that the king ment as much their aduancement; so that Hugh the sonne was made high chamberleine of England, contrarie to the mind of all the noblemen, by reason whereof he bare himselfe so hautie and proud, that no lord within the land might gainsaie that which in his conceit see|med good.—liuor non deerit iniquusDulcibus & laetis, qui fel confundat amarum)