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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But another historie-writer saith, that the king, when first he heard of the duke of Yorks approch, Whethamsted The duke of Buckingham sent to ye duke of Yorke. sent to him messengers, the duke of Buckingham, and others, to vnderstand what he meant by his comming thus in maner of warre. The duke of Buc|kingham to his message was answered by the duke of Yorke and his complices, that they were all of them the kings faithfull liege subiects, and intended no harme to him at all: but the cause of our com|ming (saie they) is not in meaning anie hurt to his person. But let that wicked and naughtie man the duke of Summerset be deliuered vnto vs, who hath lost Normandie,The duke of Summerset burdned with all things that had happened a [...]isse. and taken no regard to the preser|uation of Gascoigne; and furthermore, hath brought the realme vnto this miserable estate; that where it was the floure of nations, and the princesse of pro|uinces [now is it haled into desolation & spoile, w. P. not so dreadfull by malice of forren enimie, that indéed vtterlie (as yee know) seeketh our ruine, as by the in|tollerable outrages of him that so long ago & euen still appeares to haue sworne the confusion of our king and realme.] If it therefore please the king to deliuer that bad man into our hands, we are readie without trouble or breach of peace, to returne into our countrie. But if the king be not minded so to do, bicause he cannot misse him; let him vnderstand, that we will rather die in the field, than suffer such a mis|chéefe vnredressed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king aduertised of this answer, more wilfull than tollerable, appointed him rather to trie battell, than deliuer the duke of Summerset to his enimies. Whereof they ascerteined made no longer staie, but streightwaie sounded the trumpet to battell: or ra|ther (as Hall saith) while king Henrie sent foorth his ambassadours to treat of peace at the one end of the towne, the earle of Warwike with his Marchmen entred at the other end,The first bat|t [...]ll of saint [...]bons. Wh [...]thamsted and fiercelie setting on the kings fore-ward, within a small time discomfited the same. The place where they first brake into the towne, was about the middle of saint Peters stréet. The fight for a time was right sharpe and cruell, for the duke of Summerset, with the other lords, comming to the succours of their companions that were put to the woorse, did what they could to beat backe the eni|mies: but the duke of Yorke sent euer fresh men to succour the wearie, and to supplie the places of them that were hurt, Edw. Hall. whereby the kings armie was final|lie brought low, and all the cheefteins of the field slaine and beaten downe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 For there died vnder the signe of the castell, Ed|mund duke of Summerset,The duke of Summerset slaine. who (as hath béene repor|ted) was warned long before to auoid all castels: and beside him laie Henrie the second of that name earle of Northumberland, Humfrie earle of Stafford sonne to the duke of Buckingham, Iohn lord Clif|ford, sir Barthram Antwisell knight,Thomas lord Clifford, saith Whethamsted. a Norman borne (who forsaking his natiue countrie to continue in his loiall obedience to king Henrie, came ouer to dwell here in England when Normandie was lost) William Zouch, Iohn Boutreux, Rafe Bapthorp, with his sonne William Corwin, William Cotton, Gilbert Faldinger, Reginald Griffon, Iohn Dawes, Elice Wood, Iohn Eith, Rafe Woodward, Gilbert Skarlock, and Rafe Willoughbie esquiers, with manie other, in all to the number of eight thou|sand, as Edward Hall saith in his chronicle: if there escaped not a fault in the impression, as 8000 for 800, sith hundreds in verie déed would better agrée with the number of the kings whole power, which he brought with him to that battell, being not manie a|boue two thousand, as by writers appeareth.

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