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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The rebels hauing thus entred the citie by force,The rebelles conueie artil|lerie and mu|nition out of the citie to their campe. conueied all the guns and artillerie, with other fur|niture of warre out of the citie into their campe. The herald that was yet abiding in the citie, to see if the rebels would before the daie prefixed for their par|dons, being not yet expired, giue ouer their enter|prise, came with the maior into the market place, and in the hearing of a great multitude of people that were come foorth and stood about him, he eftsoons gaue commandement in the kings name, that they should laie armes aside,The h [...]ralds proclamation in Norwich. and get them home to their houses: which to so manie as did, he pronounced a ge|nerall pardon, and to the rest extreme punishment by death.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The rebels that stood by and heard him, when he had once made an end of his proclamation, bade him get him thense with a mischiefe:The traito|rous refusall of the rebels to accept the kings pardon. for it was not his faire offers, nor his swéet flattering words that should beguile them, sith they made no account of such manner of mercie, that vnder a colour of par|don, should cut off all their safetie and hope of preser|seruation. The herald perceiuing how obstinatelie they were bent, and set on all mischiefe, and that it was vnpossible to bring them from their outragious treason, either through feare of punishment or hope of pardon, departed; without hauing brought that to passe for which he was sent. Immediatlie after his departure, the rebels sought for Leonard Souther|ton, purposing to haue apprehended him, and com|mitted him to prison, for accompanieng the herald thitherwards. But he hauing knowledge of their meaning, hid himselfe from them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After this,Prisoners committed to+ward in moũt Surrie. there were by Kets commandement apprehended diuerse persons, as the maior, Robert Watson, William Rogers, Iohn Homerston, William Brampton, and manie others, which were brought out of the citie, and committed to prison in mount Surrie. Ket perceiuing well that he must either now obteine a bloodie victorie by force against his countrie, or else to tast such an end as his vn|gratious attempts did well deserue, got togither so manie wicked persons as he might procure to come vnto him from ech side, with great rewards and faire promises:Kets power increaseth. so that it was a strange matter to consider what a multitude of vnthrifts and rascalles came to him vpon the sudden.

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