Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In the meane while, sir Henrie Isleie, Anthonie Kneuet esquier, and his brother William Kneuet were busie in west Kent to raise the people there; and likewise in east Kent there were other that were of the same confederacie, which set forth the like procla|mations at Milton, Ashford, and other towns there in that part of the shire: and thus in each part of Kent in a maner was great stur. But yet such was the diligence and warie circumspection of Iohn Twine at that present maior of Canturburie, for that he misliked their disordered attempts, that there was not any of that citie knowne to stur, or go forth to ioine themselues with the said sir Thomas Wiat, or with anie other of his confederats: and yet verelie the more part of the people in all other parts of that shire were maruellouslie affected to the said sir Tho|mas Wiats quarrell, doubting that which might follow of the quéenes matching hir selfe thus with a stranger.Christopher Roper taken. At Milton when a gentleman of those parts named Christopher Roper, went about to resist them that set forth this proclamation, he was taken and conueied to Rochester vnto master Wiat. Like|wise maister Tucke and maister Dorrell iustices of peace, were fetched out of their owne houses,Maister Dor|rell & maister Tucke taken. & like|wise brought to Rochester, where they with the said Roper were kept as prisoners.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 EEBO page image 1094Sir Thomas Wiat had written vnto sir Robert Southwell shiriffe of Kent,Sir Thomas [...]iat writeth [...] sir Robert Southwell. to moue him in (respect of the preseruation of the common-wealth now in danger to be ouerrun of strangers, through the pre|tensed marriage, if it should go forward) to ioine with him and others,The shiriffe of kent and the [...] of Abur|gauennie as|semble a pow|er against [...]. in so necessarie a cause for the disappointing of the same marriage, and to worke so with the lord of Aburgauennie, with whom he might doo much, that it might please him also to ioine with them. But as well the said sir Robert Southwell, as the said lord of Aburgauennie, and one George Clerke assembled themselues with such power as they might make against the said sir Thomas Wiat and his adherents; and comming to Malling on the saturdaie, being the market daie & seuen and twen|tith of Ianuarie, the said sir Robert Southwell ha|uing penned an exhortation to dissuade the people, and to bring them from hauing anie liking to Wi|ats enterprise, did read the same openlie vnto all the people there assembled, in confuting, reprouing, and refelling the proclamations set forth by sir Thomas Wiat and his adherents.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 On the other part, sir Henrie Isleie, Anthonie Kneuet, and his brother William Kneuet being at Tunbridge, proclamed the shiriffe, the lord of Abur|gauennie, & George Clerke gentleman, traitors to God, the crowne, and the common-welth, for raising the quéenes subiects, to defend the most wicked & di|uelish enterprise of certeine of the wicked & peruerse councellors. And this they pronounced in their owne names & in the names of sir Thomas Wiat, sir Ge|orge Harper, and of all the faithfull gentlemen of Kent, & trustie commoners of the same. This doone, they marched to Seuennocke, mening from thence to passe to Rochester. But in the meane time the fore|said 27 of Ianuarie, there came from the quéene an herald & a trumpetter to sir Thomas Wiat, but he was not suffered to passe the bridge,In herald sent [...]rothã Wiat. and so did his message at the bridge end, in the hearing of sir Tho|mas Wiat and diuerse others. The effect of his mes|sage was, to offer pardon to so manie as within foure and twentie houres would depart to their houses, and become quiet subiects.