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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Hereby such hartburning rose against the Spen|sers, that vpon complaint made by the erle of Here|ford vnto the earle of Lancaster, of their presumptu|ous dealing, by ruling all things about the king as séemed best to their likings, it was thought expedi|ent by the said earles that some remedie in time (if it were possible) should be prouided. Wherevpon the said earls of Lancaster and Hereford, with the lords Roger Tuchet, Roger Clifford, Iocelin Deieuille, Roger Bernsfield, the two Mortimers, Roger the vncle and Roger the nephue, William de Sullie, William de Elmbrige, Iohn Gifford of Brimes|field, and Henrie Tieis, all barons; the which with di|uerse other lords and knights, and men of name, as|sembling togither at Shierborne in Elmedone, sware each of them to stand by other, till they had a|mended the state of the realme. But yet notwith|standing this their oth, the most part of them after|wards forsaking the enterprise, submitted them|selues to the king.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Neuerthelesse, whether for that the king by a pro|clamation set foorth the sixteenth of March, had com|manded (as some write) that the lords Mowbraie, EEBO page image 326 Clifford, and Deieuille for disobeieng to make their personall appearance before him, should auoid the land within ten daies next insuing, or for that they meant with all speed to put their enterprise in execu|tion, we find that the earle of Hereford, the lords Mortimer, the vncle and nephue, the lord Roger Da|morie, the lord Iohn Mowbraie, the lord Hugh Aude|lie, and his sonne named also Hugh, the lord Clifford, the lord Iohn Gifford of Brimesfield, the lord Morice Berkeley, the lord Henrie Tieis, the lord Iohn Ma|trauers, with manie other that were alied togither, hauing the consent also of the earle of Lancaster, on the wednesdaie next after the feast of the Inuention of the crosse,The lords take armes vpon them against the Spensers. hauing with them to the number of eigth hundred men of armes, fiue hundred hoblers, and ten thousand men on foot, came with the kings banner spread vnto Newport in Wenloks lands, where they tooke the castell that belonged vnto the lord chamberleine Hugh Spenser the yoonger.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 They inuade the Spensers lands.They also tooke Kaerdie, Kersillie, Lantrissane, Taluan, Lamblethian, Kenefegis, Neoth, Druffe|lan, and Diuenor; part of his men which in the fore|said places they found, they slue, as sir Iohn Iwain, and sir Matthew de Gorges knights, with 15 other of his men that were Welshmen: part they tooke and put them in prison, as sir Rafe or Randulfe de Gorges being sore wounded, sir Philip Ioice, sir Iohn de Frissingfield, sir Iohn de Dunstable, Wil|liam de Dunstable, and manie other, of the which the most part were put to their ransome. They tooke, spoi|led and destroied so much in value of his goods as a|mounted vnto two thousand pounds. They tooke vp in such debts as were owing to him in those parts, to the summe of thrée thousand pounds, and of his rents to the value neere hand of a thousand pounds. They burnt 23 of his manors which he had in those parts of Wales, with his barnes, and did what hurt they could deuise, burning or taking awaie all his wri|tings and euidences. After they had remained 15 daies there, they came into England, with the like force and disorder inuading his castels, manors and possessions, so that the damage which they did here vnto the said lord chamberleine, amounted to the va|lu [...] of ten thousand pounds.

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