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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Also the same time, certeine greie friers were ap|prehended for treason which they had deuised to bring to passe,Greie friers apprehended. and one of them, whose name was Richard Frisebie, being asked what he would doo if king Ri|chard had béene aliue, and present with them, an|swered stoutlie, that he would fight against any man in his quarrell, euen to death. Herevpon, he was con|demned,A greie frier hanged in his habit. drawen, and hanged in his friers wéed, to the great confusion of his brethren; but they made earnest instance to haue his bodie taken downe, and buried with diriges and exequies, and had their sute granted.Sir Roger Claringdon. Sir Roger of Claringdon knight was also put to death about this conspiracie, with two of his seruants, the one an esquier, the other a yeoman. He was base sonne (as was reported) vnto Edward, el|dest sonne to king Edward the third, surnamed the blacke prince.The diuell appeareth in likenesse of a greie frier. On Corpus Christi daie at euensong time, the diuell (as was thought) appeared in a towne of Essex called Danburie, entring into the church in likenesse of a greie frier, behauing himselfe verie outragiouslie, plaieng his parts like a diuell indéed, so that the parishioners were put in a maruellous great fright.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the same instant, there chanced such a tempest of wind, thunder, and lightning, that the highest part of the roofe of that church was blowen downe, and the chancell was all to shaken, rent, and torne in pée|ces. Within a small while after, eight of those greie friers that had practised treason against the king,E [...]ght friers executed. were brought to open iudgement, and conuicted were drawen and headed at London; and two other suffe|red at Leicester, all which persons had published king Richard to be aliue. Owen Glendouer, according to his accustomed manner, robbing and spoiling within the English borders, caused all the forces of the shire of Hereford to assemble togither against them, vnder the conduct of Edmund Mortimer earle of March.The earle of March taken pr [...]soner in ba|t [...]ll by Owen Glendouer. But cõming to trie the matter by battell, whether by treason or otherwise, so it fortuned, that the English power was discomfited, the earle taken prisoner, and aboue a thousand of his people slaine in the place. The shamefull villanie vsed by the Welsh|women towards the dead carcasses, was such, as ho|nest eares would be ashamed to heare, and continent toongs to speake thereof. The dead bodies might not be buried, without great summes of monie gi|uen for libertie to conueie them awaie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king was not hastie to purchase the deliue|rance of the earle March,The suspicion of K. Henrie grounded vpõ a guiltie con|science. bicause his title to the crowne was well inough knowen, and therefore suf|fered him to remaine in miserable prison, wishing both the said earle, and all other of his linage out of this life, with God and his saincts in heauen, so they had béene out of the waie, for then all had béene well inough as he thought. But to let these things passe, the king this yeare sent his eldest daughter Blanch,The kings daughter ma|ried into Ger|manie. accõpanied with the earle of Summerset, the bishop of Worcester, the lord Clifford, and others, into Al|manie, which brought hir to Colin, and there with great triumph she was married to William duke of Bauier, sonne and heire to Lewes the emperour. About mid of August, the king to chastise the presum|ptuous attempts of the Welshmen, went with a great power of men into Wales, to pursue the cap|teine of the Welsh rebell Owen Glendouer, but in effect he lost his labor; for Owen conueied himselfe out of the waie, into his knowen lurking places, and (as was thought) through art magike, he caused such foule weather of winds, tempest, raine, snow,Intemperat weather. and haile to be raised, for the annoiance of the kings ar|mie, that the like had not beene heard of; in such sort, that the king was constreined to returne home, ha|uing caused his people yet to spoile and burne first a great part of the countrie. The same time, the lord Edmund of Langlie duke of Yorke departed this life, and was buried at Langlie with his brethren.The deceasse of the duke of Yorke. The Scots vnder the leding of Patrike Hepborne, of the Hales the yoonger, entring into England,Scots ouer|throwen. were ouerthrowen at Nesbit, in the marches, as in the Scotish chronicle ye may find more at large. This battell was fought the two and twentith of Iune, in this yeare of our Lord 1402.

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