Compare 1577 edition: 1 Sir Roger Woodhouse.The next daie being thursdaie, sir Roger Wood|house with seuen or eight of his houshold seruants, came to them, bringing with him two carts laden with beere, and one cart laden with other vittels: for a recompense whereof he was stripped out of his ap|parell, had his horsses taken from him, and whatso|euer else he had, the rebels accounting the same a good preie, he himselfe was cruellie tugged and cast into a dich of one Mores of nether Arleham by Hei|lesdonbridge; where the same daie the rebels, being disappoint [...]d of their purpose to passe through Nor|wich, found meanes to passe, and comming to mai|ger Corbets house of Sprowston, intended to haue burnt the same house. But yet being persuaded to spare it from fire, they spoiled his goods, defaced a douehouse of his, which had beene a chappell, and after|wards got them to Mousehold, and comming to S. Leonards hill, on which the erle of Surrie had bu [...]t a statelie house called mount Surrie,Mount Sur|rie. they inken|nelled themselues there on the same hill; and in the woods adioining that lie on the west and the south side of the same hill, as the commons or pasture cal|led Mousehold heath lieth on the east side,Mousehold. which con|teineth foure or fiue miles in length, & thrée or foure in bredth.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 They put sir Roger Woodhouse, and other priso|ners whom they had caught, in streict ward within the foresaid house of mount Surrie, on the which they seized, and spoiled whatsoeuer they found within it. In the meane time, the maior of Norwich taking aduise with his brethren the aldermen, what was best to doo in this case whether presentlie to issue foorth, and distresse the rebels now in the beginning, least time might giue them meane to increase their pow|er: or rather to staie till they had aduertised the councell of the whole matter. In the end they agréed that this last aduise was most surest, and so they dis|patched a post with all spéed to the court. Beside this great campe (as they termed it) at Mousehold, there was a lesser at Rising chase neare to Lin:Rising chase. but the rebels there, by the good diligence and circumspect po|licie of the iustices and gentlemen of those parts, were spéedilie repressed, and driuen from thence. Notwithstanding afterwards they assembled togi|ther at Watton, & there remained about a fortnight, stopping also the passage at Thetford and Brandon ferrie, within nine miles of the said Watton:Watton. and at length came and ioined themselues with these other at Mousehold, by appointment of their ge|nerall capteine (as they tooke him) the foresaid Ro|bert Ket.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer, there came flocking from Suffolke and other parts, a great multitude of lewd disposed persons, raised by firing of beacons, and ringing of bels. Also a number of rascals & naughtie lewd per|sons stale out of the citie of Norwich, and went to campe. And thus being got togither in great multi|tudes, they added one wickednesse to another, as ha|uing no staie of themselues after their downefall, nor holding them content with the committing of one villanous trespasse and horrible transgression, according vnto the poets words to the like purpose:
Now to cloke their malicious purpose with a coun|terfeit shew of holinesse, they caused one Coniers vicar of saint Martins in Norwich to saie seruice morning and euening,Counterfeit religion. to praie to God for prosperous spéed in that their vngodlie enterprise. Moreouer they went about to ioine to their cause diuerse honest men, and right commendable for religion, doctrine, vertue, and innocencie of life; amongst whome were Robert Watson a preacher, Thomas Cod maior of Norwich, and Thomas Alderich of Mangréene hall. These thrée, although sore against their willes, were constreined to be present with them in all matters of counsell, and to take vpon them (as associats with capteine Ket) the administration and order of euerie thing: which happened well for manie. For when ci|sher Ket himselfe, or anie other of the capteins, through setting on of the outragious multitude, pur|posed anie mischéefe (as often it came to passe) in one place or other, through their graue aduise, and approo|ued industrie, their furie was sundrie times staied and calmed. Although Ket bent to all vngratiousnes, EEBO page image 1030 would diuerse times grant foorth commissions, abu|sing now and then the names of honest men thereby, appointing his vntheistie mates to fetch in vit|tels to furnish their campe withall. The tenor of one of the which commissions here insueth.Quisnam hominum est, quem tu contentum videris vnoFlagitio?—