Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the meane time, whiles things were thus in broile, before the beginning of the parlement, diuers other, beside them of whom we haue spoken, were ap|prehended and put in sundrie prisons.The lords appointed to come in war|like manner to the parlemẽt. The parle|ment was summoned to begin at Westminster the 17 of September, and writs therevpon directed to e|uerie of the lords to appeare, and to bring with them a sufficient number of armed men and archers in their best arrai [...]: for it was not knowen how the dukes of Lancaster and Yorke would take the death EEBO page image 490 of their brother, nor how other péeres of the realme would take the apprehension and imprisonment of their kinsemen, the earles of Arundell and War|wike, and of the other prisoners. Suerlie the two dukes when they heard that their brother was so sud|denlie made awaie, Polydor. they wist not what to saie to the matter, and began both to be sorowfull for his death, and doubtfull of their owne states: for sith they saw how the king (abused by the counsell of euill men) ab|steined not from such an heinous act, they thought he would afterwards attempt greater misorders from time to time. Therefore they assembled in all hast, great numbers of their seruants,The dukes of Lancaster & Yorke assem|ble their powers to re|sist the kings dealings. fréends, and te|nants, and comming to London, were receiued into the citie. For the Londoners were right sorie for the death of the duke of Glocester, who had euer sought their fauour, in somuch that now they would haue béene contented to haue ioined with the dukes in see|king reuenge of so noble a mans death, procured and brought to passe without law or reason, as the com|mon brute then walked; although peraduenture he was not as yet made awaie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Here the dukes and other fell in counsell, and ma|nie things were proponed. Some would that they shuld by force reuenge the duke of Glocesters death, other thought it méet that the earles Marshall and Huntington and certeine others, as chéefe authours of all the mischeefe should be pursued and punished for their demerites, hauing trained vp the king in vice and euill customes, euen from his youth. But the dukes (after their displeasure was somewhat asswa|ged) determined to couer the stings of their griefes for a time, and if the king would amend his maners, to forget also the iniuries past. Caxton. Fabian. Polydor. In the meane time the king laie at Eltham, and had got about him a great power (namelie of those archers, which he had sent for out of Cheshire, in whome he put a singular trust more than in any other.)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There went messengers betwixt him and the dukes, which being men of honour did their indeuour to appease both parties. The king discharged himselfe of blame for the duke of Glocesters death, conside|ring that he had gone about to breake the truce, which he had taken with France, and also stirred the peo|ple of the realme to rebellion, and further had sought the destruction and losse of his life, that was his soue|reigne lord and lawfull king. Contrarilie, the dukes affirmed,The king and the dukes re|conciled. that their brother was wrongfullie put to death, hauing doone nothing worthie of death. At length, by the intercession and meanes of those noble men that went to and fro betwixt them, they were ac|corded, & the king promised from thencefoorth to doo no [...]hing but by the assent of the dukes: but he kept small promise in this behalfe, as after well appeared.