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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke in déed sore stomached the matter, that his counsell might not be followed in all things, and speciallie for that he saw (as he tooke it) that the king was misled by some persons that were about him, otherwise than stood with his honor: for refor|mation whereof, he conferred with the abbat of saint Albons, and the prior of Westminster. The abbat was both his c [...]o [...]ine and godfather:A conspir [...] betwéene the duke of Glo|cester and the abbat of [...] Albons. and hauing on a daie both the duke and the prior at his house in saint Albons, after dinner he [...]ell in talke with the duke and prior, and amongst other communication req [...]|red of the prior to tell truth, whether he had anie vi|sion the night before or not The prior séemed with to make a direct answer;Out of an [...] French pam|phlet belong|ing to Iohn Stow. but at length being earnestlie requested as well by the abb [...]t as the duke, he decla|red that he had a vision in déed, which was, that the realme of England should be destroied through the misgouernement of king Richard.

By the virgine Marie, said the abbat, I had the verie same vision.
The duke herevpon disclosed vnto them all the se|crets of his mind, and by their deuises presentlie con|triued an assemblie of diuerse great lords of the realme at Arundell castell that daie for might, at what time he himselfe appointed to be there, with the earles of Derbie, Arundell, Marshall, and War|wike: also the archbishop of Canturburie, the abbat of saint Albens, the prior of Westminster, with di|uerse others.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 These estates being come to Arundell castell at the daie appointed, Anno Reg. 1 [...]. about the verie beginning of the one and twentith yeare of king Richards reigne, they sware [...]ch to other to be assistant in all such matters as they should determine, and therewith re|ceiued the sacrament at the hands of the archbishop of Canturburie, who celebrated masse before them the morow after. Which doone, they withdrew into a chamber, and fell in counsell togither, where in the end they light vpon this point; to take king Richard,The purp [...]s of the conspi|rators. the dukes of Lancaster & Yorke, and commit them to prison, and all the other lords of the kings councell they determined shuld be drawne and hanged. Such was their purpose which they ment to haue accom|plished in August following. But the earle marshall that was lord deputie of Calis, and had married the earle of Arundels daughter, discouered all their coun|sell to the king, and the verie daie in which they should begin their enterprise.The earle marshall dis|closeth the conspira [...]ie. The king bad the earle mar|shall take héed what hehad said, for if it proued not true, he should repent it: but the earle constantlie herevnto answered, that if the matter might be pro|ued otherwise, he was contented to be drawne and quartered.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The king herevpon went to London, where he dined at the house of his brother the earle of Hun|tington in the stréet behind All hallowes church vp|on the banke of the riuer of Thames, which was a right faire and statelie house. After dinner, he gaue his councell to vnderstand all the matter; by whose aduise it was agreed, that the king should assemble foorthwith what power he might conuenientite make of men of armes & archers, and streightwaies take horsse, accompanied with his brother the earle of Huntington, & the earle marshall. Herevpon at six of the clocke in the afternoone, the iust houre when they vsed to go to supper, the king mounted on horsse|backe, and rode his waie; whereof the Londoners had great maruell. After that the king began to ap|proch the dukes house at Plashie in Essex, where he then laie, he commanded his brother the earle of Huntington to ride afore,The earle of Rutland saith R. Gra [...]o [...] to know if the duke were at home, and if he were, then to tell him that the king was comming at hand to speake with him.

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