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Compare 1577 edition: 1 This William Ket (as was thought) had beene sure of his pardon, if he had not plaied the traitorous hypocrite:William Ket a dissembling traitor. for vpon his submission at the first to my lord marquesse of Northampton, at his comming downe to suppresse this rebellion, he was sent to his brother to persuade him and the rest to yéeld, and re|ceiue the kings pardon: but he (like a dissembling wretch, although he promised to my lord to doo what he could in that behalfe) vpon his comming to his brother into the rebels campe, & beholding the great multitude that were there about him, he did one|lie not dissuade him and them from their traitorous rebellion, but incouraged them to persist and conti|nue in their dooings, declaring what a small num|ber of souldiers the marquesse brought with him, nothing able to resist such a puissance as was there assembled. So that if it had not beene thorough the wicked persuasion of him, and some others at that time, not onelie Robert Ket himselfe, but also all the multitude beside, would haue submitted themselues, and receiued the kings pardon, to the preseruation of manie a good mans life that after died in the quarrell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now to returne somewhat backe to the doo|ings in Scotland. In the meane while that such hurls were in hand here in England, ye shall vnderstand that in the beginning of this summer, the king by aduise of his councell sent foorth a nauie by sea to|wards Scotland, the which arriuing in the Forth, and comming before Lieth, saluted the towne with cannon shot, & remaining there ten or twelue daies, tooke in the meane time the Ile of Iusketh, leauing therein foure ensignes of Englishmen,Iusketh taken. and one of Italians, with certeine pioners to fortifie the place. But the Frenchmen (as in the Scotish historie yée shall find more at large) after the departure of the English nauie, recouered that Ile againe out of the Englishmens possession (after they had kept it six|téene daies) with the slaughter of capteine Cotton their generall, capteine Applebie, & one Iasper that was capteine of the Italians, beside others. After the recouering of this Ile,Monsieur be Desse retur|neth into France. monsieur be Desse retur|ned into France, leauing his charge to monsieur de Thermes latelie before there arriued: who after the departure of the said Desse, with a campe volant did what he could to stop the Englishmen within Ha|dington from vittels.The earle of Rutland. But notwithstanding the earle of Rutland being lieutenant of the north, did not on|lie vittell it, but put the French armie in danger of an ouerthrow, as it was thought must néeds haue fo|lowed, if they had not with more spéed than is vsed in a common march slipt awaie, after they perceiued the English armie so neare at their elbowes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer, M. Fox. An other re|bellion or tu|mult begun in Yorkeshire. beside these inordinate vprores and insurrections aboue mentioned, about the latter end of the said moneth of Iulie, in the same yeare, which was 1549, an other like sturre or commotion began at Semer in the northriding of Yorkeshire, and con|tinued in the eastriding of the same, and there ended. The principall dooers and raisers vp whereof, was one William Ombler of Eastheslerton yeoman, and Thomas Dale parish clearke of Semer,The chiefe stirrers o [...] th [...] rebellion. with one Stéeuenson of Semer, neighbour to Dale and nephue to Ombler, which Stéeuenson was a meane or messenger betwéene the said Ombler and Dale, being before not acquainted togither, and dwelling seuen miles one from the other: who at last by the trauell of the said Steeuenson, and their owne euill dispositions, inclined to vngratiousnesse and mis|chiefe, knowing before one the others mind by secret conference, were brought to talke togither on saint Iames daie, Anno 1549.

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