Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Among other the earle of Suffolke fled ouer vnto Calis in secret wise,The earle of Suffolke fleeth ouer to Calis. by the helpe of a knight called sir William Hoo, who holpe to conueie him thither. He had changed his apparell, and shauen his beard, and so disguised, counterfeited himselfe to be a poul|ter, and to sell certeine foule which he had gotten, by which means he was not knowne, till at length com|ming to the gates of the castell (wherof his brother sir Edmund dela Poole was capteine) he discouered to him (scarselie knowing who he was, by reason he was so disguised) the whole occasion of his repairing thither, requiring him to keepe his counsell, and that he might remaine with him in priuie maner for a time, till he might heare more how things went in England, from whence he was thus fled, to auoid the bloudie hands of his enimies, that sought his life. His brother doubting what might be laid to his charge if he shuld conceale this matter from the lord William Beauchampe lord deputie of the towne, streightwaies aduertised him thereof, who tooke or|der that the earle should foorthwith be sent backe a|gaine into England to the king, Grafton. who receiued him with small thanks to them that brought him ouer, so that (as some write) his brother being one, was committed to prison for disclosing him. But yet bi|cause it should not séeme that he imprisoned him for that cause, he was shortlie after set at libertie, and returned againe to his charge at Calis. The earle was also permitted to go whither he would, although the king had vndertaken to present him and others at the next parlement to answer their offenses, as the same might be laid to their charge.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ But here it may be doubted by the vncertentie of writers, whether the earle of Suffolke thus fled ouer to Calis, before the iournie at Ratcote bridge, or af|ter. But whether it chanced either after or before, it is certeine that since the time that the lords had forced the king to promise to exhibit him and others at the next parlement to abide their trials, he durst not o|penlie remaine in the court, but taking leaue of the king departed from him. Whervpon the king being out of quiet for the absence of him and other his best beloued councellors, whom he so much estéemed, and namelie of the duke of Ireland,A commission to the shiriffe of Cheshire to safe [...] the duke of Ireland to the kings presence. and the said earle of Suffolke, he appointed one Thomas Molineux con|stable of the castell of Chester, a man of high valian|cie, and great power in the parties of Cheshire and Lancashire, to raise an armie of men, with the assi|stance of the shiriffe of Cheshire, to whom his com|mission EEBO page image 461 of authoritie in that behalfe, vnder the great seale was directed, to the end that they might con|ueie the duke of Ireland in all safetie vnto the kings presence.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The shiriffe hauing receiued this commission, to|gither with the foresaid Thomas Molineux raised a power, and such as refused to serue, in respect of such good will as they bare to the lords, he committed to prison, commanding the gailors to kéepe them streict in irons with bread and water till his returne. More|uer, the king sent to sir Rafe Uernon, & sir Richard Ratcliffe, willing them to assist the other. And so thus they set forward with the number of fiue thousand men.The lords seeke to stop the passage of the duke of Ireland. When the lords vnderstood that the duke of Ire|land was marching towards London, with such a power of men, meaning to ioine with the Londo|ners, and so to make as it had beene an inuincible ar|mie, they bestirred themselues, and fell in hand to arme their men, and to exhort one another, that now they should not be negligent in their owne defense, but make hast for the dispatching of those that craf|tilie had gone about to conspire their deaths. And so these lords, to wit, the duke of Glocester, the earles of Derbie, Arundell, Warwike, and Notingham, as|sembled their powers out of all quarters, to incoun|ter with the duke of Ireland; and when they had got their companies togither, they forelaied all the waies by which he was thought to come.