Compare 1577 edition: 1 But the king vnderstanding their cloaked drift, deuised (by what meanes he might) to quiet and ap|pease the commons, and deface their contriued for|geries, and therefore he wrote an answer to their li|bels,The kings answer to the Persies libell. that he maruelled much, sith the earle of Nor|thumberland, and the lord Henrie Persie his sonne, had receiued the most part of the summes of monie granted to him by the cleargie and communaltie, for defense of the marches, as he could euidentlie prooue what should mooue them to complaine and raise such manifest slanders. And whereas he vnderstood, that the earles of Northumberland and Worcester, and the lord Persie had by their letters signified to their freends abroad, that by reason of the slanderous re|ports of their enimies, they durst not appeare in his presence, without the mediation of the prelats and nobles of the realme, so as they required pledges, whereby they might safelie come afore him, to de|clare and alledge what they had to saie in proofe of their innocencie, he protested by letters sent foorth vnder his seale, that they might safelie come and go, without all danger, or anie manner of indamage|ment to be offered to their persons.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But this could not satisfie those men, but that re|solued to go forwards with their enterprise, they marched towards Shrewesburie, vpon hope to be ai|ded (as men thought) by Owen Glendouer, and his Welshmen, publishing abroad throughout the coun|tries on each side, that king Richard was aliue,Poore K. Ri|chard is still aliue with thẽ that with K. Henries ouer|throw. whome if they wished to sée, they willed them to re|paire in armour vnto the castell of Chester, where (without all doubt) he was at that present, and redie to come forward. This tale being raised, though it were most vntrue, yet it bred variable motions in mens minds, causing them to wauer, so as they knew not to which part they should sticke; and vere|lie, diuers were well affected towards king Richard, speciallie such as had tasted of his princelie bounti|fulnes, of which there was no small number. And to speake a truth, no maruell it was, if manie enuied the prosperous state of king Henrie, sith it was eui|dent inough to the world, that he had with wrong v|surped the crowne, and not onelie violentlie deposed king Richard, but also cruellie procured his death, for the which vndoubtedlie, both he and his posteritie ta|sted such troubles, as put them still in danger of their states, till their direct succeeding line was quite rooted out by the contrarie faction, as in Henrie the sixt and Edward the fourth it may appeare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to returne where we left. King Henrie aduertised of the proceedings of the Persies, foorth|with gathered about him such power as he might make, and being earnestlie called vpon by the Scot, the earle of March, to make hast and giue battell to his enimies, before their power by delaieng of time should still too much increase, he passed forward with such spéed, that he was in sight of his enimies, lieng in campe néere to Shrewesburie,The kings spéedie dili|gence. before they were i [...] doubt of anie such thing, for the Persies thought that he would haue staied at Burton vpon Trent, till his councell had come thither to him to giue their aduise what he were best to doo. But herein the enimie was deceiued of his expectation, sith the king had great regard of expedition and making speed for the safetie of his owne person, wherevnto the earle of March incited him, considering that in delaie is danger, & losse in lingering, as the poet in the like case saith:

Tolle moras, nocuit semper differre paratis,

Dum trepidant nullo firmatae robore partes.