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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king aduertised of their dooings, sent vnto them the archbishop of Canturburie,The king sendeth to the lords. and the lord Bartholomew de Badelismere lord steward of his house, to request them to desist and leaue off from such their outragious dooings, and comming to the parle|ment which he had alreadie summoned, they might put in their complaints and grieuances, & he would see that they should haue iustice, according as equitie should require. The lord Badelismere forsaking the king,The lord Ba|delismere re|uolt [...]h to the side of the [...]arons. became one of the confederacie with the ba|rons, and so the archbish. was glad to returne alone, leauing the L. Badelismere behind him, who sent the king word by the archbishop, that till they had expel|led the Spensers out of the realme, they would not giue ouer their enterprise. On saint Barnabies day they came to a manour of Hugh Spenser the father called Fasterne, in the countie of Wiltshire, and spoiled the same with diuerse and manie other manors, aswell in Wiltshire, as else where, to wit, in Glocestershire, Dorsetshire, Hamshire, Barkeshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrie, Cam|bridgeshire, Huntingtonshire, Leicestershire, Lin|colneshire, Chesshire, and Warwikeshire, making such hauocke of all such goods or cattell as belonged to the said Hugh Spenser the father, that he was thought to be indamaged to the value of thirtie thou|sand pounds, burning his houses, [...]eating, maiming and ransoming his men.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Furthermore not contented to spoile those places which belonged to him, but hearing that in the abbeie of Stanlie he had laid vp monie and euidences, they brake into that abbeie, and tooke out thereof a thou|sand pounds in readie coine beside euidences and writings, to the indamaging of him to the value of six thousand pounds, and likewise entring into the ca|stell of Marleburgh, where the said Hugh Spenser the father had laid vp in wooll to the number of 36 sacks, they tooke the same and other of his goods, as well in plate as apparell, to the value in all of six thou|sand pounds. And they did not onelie spoile the pos|sessions, houses, goods, and cattels of the two Spen|sers, whersoeuer they could heare that the same were to be found, but also they vsed the like disorder a|gainst all such as were knowne to be fréends or well-willers, to either the father or sonne, sending com|missions vnto such as should see the same executed to the most extremitie, so that in this rage of enuie and hot reuenge there was no parcialitie, but that one with another, the innocent with the nocent, the guiltlesse with the guiltie went to wracke, and (as the old prouerbe saith concurring with common practise

Quòd sus peccauit succula saepe luit)
finallie, after they had satisfied their desires in such riotous sort, they raised the people,The barons raise the peo|ple and came in armes to|wards the parlement. and constrei|ned them to sweare to be of their accord, and so came forward with the like force towards the parlement that was summoned to be holden at London thrée wéeks after Midsummer. At their comming to S. Albons, they sent the bishops of London, Salisburie, Elie, Hereford, and Chichester,They send to the king. to the king with their humble suit in outward apperance, though in effect and verie déed more presumptuous than was requi|site. Their cheefe request was that it might please his highnesse to put from him the Spensers, whose coun|sell they knew to be greatlie against his honour, and hereof not to faile if he tendered the quiet of his realme. They also required letters patents of him, conteining a generall pardon for the indemnitie of themselues,Their re|quests. and all those that had beene in armes with them, so as they should not be impeached by the king for any transgressions past or present, in time hereafter to come.

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