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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The king in this meane time kept not in one place, but shifting hither and thither, remained in great care.Sir Thomas Blunt, lord Steward to the king, re|uolteth to the quéene. Wherevpon sir Thomas Blunt, an ancient knight, and lord steward of the kings house, tooke his seruants, with vittels, horsses, and armour in great plentie, and came to the queene, of whome, and likewise of hir sonne he was ioifullie receiued, and diuerse of them which he brought with him were re|teined, and the other had letters of protection, and were sent awaie in louing manner. ¶ The king with the earle of Glocester and the lord chancellor, taking the sea, meant to haue gone either into the Ile of [...]u [...]daie, or else into Ireland, but being tossed with contrarie winds for the space of a weeke togi|ther, at length he landed in Glamorganshire, and got him to the abbeie and castell of Neith, there secret|lie remaining vpon trust of the Welshmens promi|ses. ¶ Hugoline Spenser, the sonne of the earle of Glocester, defended the castell of Kersilie, against the power of the queene and of hir sonne till easter following, and then compounding for the safetie of his owne life, and all theirs within that castell, and likewise for the inioieng of their goods, he yéelded it to the hands of the men of warre that held siege be|fore it in the queenes name, and of hir sonne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now touching the king, whilest he was thus abroad, and no man wist where he was become, pro|clamations were made in the queenes armie dailie, in the which he was summoned to returne, and to take the rule of the relme into his hands, if he would be conformable to the minds of his true liege men; but when he appeared not, the lords of the land assem|bled in councell at Hereford, whither the quéene was come from Bristow,A councell at Hereford. and there was the lord Edward prince of Wales and duke of Aquitaine made war|den of England, by common decrée,The prince of Wales made lord warden of the realme. vnto whome all men, as to the lord warden of the realme, made feal|tie, in receiuing an oth of allegiance to be faithfull and loiall to him. After this, they made the bishop of Norwich lord chancellor,A new chan|cellor and treasuror. and the bishop of Winche|ster lord treasuror.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The quéene remained about a moneths space at Hereford, and in the meane while sent the lord Hen|rie erle of Leicester, and the lord William la Zouch, and one Rice ap Howell, that was latelie deliuered out of the tower where he was prisoner, into Wales, to sée if they might find means to apprehend the king by helpe of their acquaintance in those parts, all thrée of them hauing lands thereabouts, where it was knowne the king for the more part kept. They vsed such diligence in that charge, that finallie with large gifts bestowed on the Welshmen, they came to vn|derstand where the king was, and so on the day of saint Edmund the archbishop, being the sixtéenth of Nouember, they tooke him in the monasterie of Neith, neere to the castell of Laturssan, togither with Hugh Spenser the sonne called earle of Glocester, the lord chancellour Robert de Baldocke, and Si|mon de Reading the kings marshall, not caring for other the kings seruants, whome they suffered to escape.

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