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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Beside all this, the earle of Warwike, being a far casting prince, perceiued somewhat in the duke of Clarence, whereby he iudged that he bare no great good will towards the king his brother; and therevp|on, feeling his mind by such talke as he of purpose ministred, vnderstood how he was bent, and so wan him to his purpose: and for better assurance of his faithfull friendship, he offered him his eldest daugh|ter in mariage, with the whole halfe deale of his wiues inheritance. And herevpon, after consultati|on had of their weightie businesse and dangerous af|faires, they failed ouer to Calis, of the which towne the earle was capteine, where his wife & two daugh|ters then soiourned, whome the duke (being in loue with hir person) had great desire to visit.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But the earle, hauing in continuall remembrance his purposed enterprise, appointed his brethren, the archbishop and the marquesse, that they should by some meanes in his absence stir vp some new rebel|lion in the countie of Yorke, and other places adioi|ning, so that this ciuill warre should séeme to all men to haue béene begun without his assent or knowlege, being on the further side of the seas. The duke of Cla|rence being come to Calis with the earle of War|wike,1469 Anno Reg. 9. after he had sworne on the sacrament to kéepe his promise and pact made with the said earle whole and inuiolate, he married the ladie Isabell, eldest EEBO page image 672 daughter to the earle, in our ladies church there. Shortlie after,A commotion in Yorkeshire. according as had béene aforehand de|uised, a commotion was begun in Yorkeshire, to the great disquieting of that countrie. The same chanced by this means.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 There was in the citie of Yorke an old and rich hospitall,Saint Leo|nards hospi|tall in Yorke. dedicated to saint Leonard, for the harbou|rough and reléeuing of poore people. Certeine euill disposed persons of the earle of Warwikes faction, intending to set a broile in the countrie, persuaded the husbandmen to refuse to giue anie thing to the said hospitall, affirming that the corne giuen to that good intent, came not to the vse of the poore; but was conuerted to the behoofe of the maister of the hospi|tall, and the preests, whereby they grew to be rich, and the poore people wanted their due succour and reléefe. And not content with these saiengs, they fell to doo|ings: for when the proctors of the hospitall, according to their vsage, went about the countrie to gather the accustomed corne, they were sore beaten, wounded, and euill intreated.

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