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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Howsoeuer the matter went, truth it is, that the duke of Yorke, the first of March, dissolued his ar|mie, brake vp his campe, & came to the kings tent, where contrarie to his expectation, & against promise made by the king (as other write) he found the duke of Summerset going at large and set at libertie,The duke of Yorke accu|seth the duke of Sũmerset. whome the duke of Yorke boldlie accused of treason, briberie, oppression, and manie other crimes. The duke of Summerset not onelie made answer to the dukes obiections,A mutuall charge be|tweene ye two dukes, Yorke & Summerset of hi [...] treason. but also accused him of high trea|son, affirming, that he with his fautors and compli|ces had consulted togither, how to come by the scep|ter and regall crowne of this realme. By meanes of which words the king remooued streight to London, and the duke of Yorke (as prisoner) rode before him, and so was kept a while.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king assembled togither a great councell at Weminster, to heare the accusations of the two dukes, the one obiecting to the other manie heinous and greeuous crimes. But the duke of Summerset, which now conceiued in his mind the thing that shortlie followed, incessantlie exhorted the councell, that the duke of Yorke, by compulsion or otherwise, might be driuen to confesse his offense, that so being attainted of treason, he might suffer execution, and his children to be taken as aduersaries to their na|tiue countrie; to the intent that by the extinction of him and his sequeale, all ciuill warre and inward di|uision might ceasse and be repressed: beséeching al|mightie God, that so great an enimie to the king and his bloud, might neuer escape punishment, nor con|tinue long in life.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke of Summerset set foorth this matter the more vehementlie, bicause he knew perfectlie, that the duke of Yorke dailie imagined with him|selfe, how to get the crowne, and to depose and de|stroie both the king and him.Destinie can|not be auoided But destinie cannot by anie mans deuise be letted, and manie things (to appéerance) declared the duke of Yorkes innocencie in this case. First, his frée and voluntarie comming to the king, without constreint, when he was partlie of puissance able to haue incountred with the kings whole power. Secondlie, his humble submission, and reasonable requests, as well on his owne behalfe, as for the poore commons: which might argue that he sought for no souereigntie.

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