Compare 1577 edition: 1 This was doone before Midsummer, and so it re|sted till the sixt of Iulie,A conference to further this rebellion in a méeting at a publike plaie at which time there should be a publike plaie kept at Wimondham, a towne di|stant from Norwich six miles, which plaie had béene accustomed yearelie to be kept in that towne, conti|nuing for the space of one night and one daie at the least. Wherevpon the wicked contriuers of this vn|happie rebellion, tooke occasion by the assembling of such numbers of people as resorted thither to see that plaie, to enter further into their wicked enterprise: and vpon conference had, they immediatlie assem|bled at Morleie a mile from Wimondham, & there they cast downe certeine diches of maister Hub|bords on the tuesdaie, and that night they repaired to Wimondham againe, where they practised the like feats. But as yet they tooke no mans goods by vio|lence.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon one Iohn Flowerdew of Hetherset gentleman,Iohn Flow|erdew. finding himselfe grieued with the cast|ing downe of some diches, came vnto some of the rebels, and gaue to them fortie pence to cast downe the fenses of an inclosure belonging to Robert Ket,Robert Ket. aliàs Knight, a tanner of Wimondham (which pasture lieth néere to the faire Wounge at Wimondham aforsaid) which they did. And that night consulting to|gither, the next morning they tooke their iourneie to Hetherset, by the procurement of the said Robert Ket, in reuenge of the displeasure which he had con|ceiued against the said Flowerdew, and set them in hand to plucke vp and cast downe hedges and diches, wherewith certeine pasture grounds belonging to the said Flowerdew were inclosed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Here was somwhat adoo.Ket chosen [...] be capteine of the rebels. For maister Flowerdew did what he could to haue caused them to desist from that attempt, in somuch that manie sharpe words passed betwixt Ket and the said maister Flowerdew. But Ket being a man hardie and forward to anie desperat attempt that should be taken in hand, was streight entered into such estimation with the com|mons thus assembled togither in rebellious wise, that his will was accomplished: and so those hedges and diches belonging to the pasture grounds of mai|ster Flowerdew were throwne downe and made plaine. Herevpon was Ket chosen to be their cap|teine and ringleader, who being resolued to set all on six and seuen, willed them to be of good comfort, and to follow him in defense of their common libertie, being readie in the common-welths cause to hazard EEBO page image 1029 both life and goods.