Compare 1577 edition: 1 The first sight that the lord of Aburgauennie could haue of them, after they forsooke their purposed waie, was as they ascended Wrotham hill, directlie vnder Yallam maister Pechams house,Wrotham hill Yallam. where they thinking to haue great aduantage by the winning of the hill, displaied their ensignes, thinking they had béene out of danger. But the Lord of Aburgauen|nie made such hast after them, that ouertaking them at a field in the parish of Wrotham, a mile distant from the verie top of the hill, called Blacke soll field,Blacke soll field. after some resistance with shot and arrowes, and pro|fer of onset made by their horssemen, they were put to flight, and chased for the space of foure miles,The skirmish. euen to Hartleie wood. Thréescore of them were taken pri|soners, and some on both sides were wounded, as commonlie commeth to passe in an ordinarie and pri|uat fraie: how then is it possible, that a skirmish should be vnseasoned with slaughter and bloudshed, speciallie in a sedition or insurrection, which is the plague of all common-wealths, as the poet saith:

—regnorum pessima pestis Seditio.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Sir Henrie Isleie fled into Hampshire, Anthonie Kneuet made such shift, that he got that night vnto Rochester; and the same time sir George Harper de|parting from sir Thomas Wiat, and comming to the duke of Norffolke, submitted himselfe vnto his grace, & the duke receiued him. Which duke (as before ye haue partlie heard) being sent with fiue hundred Londoners, and certeine of the gard for his better defense, to go against the Kentishmen thus assem|bled with sir Thomas Wiat, was come downe to Grauesend, set foorth from thence on mondaie the nine and twentith daie of Ianuarie, about ten of the clocke in the forenoone, marching towards Stroud on this side of Rochester, & about foure of the clocke in the after noone of the same daie,The duke of Norffolke ar|riueth at Stroud. he arriued at Stroud neare vnto Rochester, hauing with him sir Henrie Ierningham capteine of the gard, sir Ed|ward Braie, sir Iohn Fog, knights, Iohn Couert, Roger Appleton, esquiers, Maurice Griffith the bi|shop of Rochester, Thomas Swan gentleman, with certeine of the gard, and others, to the number of two hundred or thereabout, besides Bret and other fiue capteins, who with their bands taried behind at spittle hill néere vnto Stroud, whilest the duke went to Stroud to sée the placing of the ordinance, which being readie charged & bent vnto the towne of Ro|chester, and perceiuing by sir Thomas Wiat and his men by hanging out their ensignes, little to regard him, the duke commanded one of the péeces to be fired and shot off into Rochester, and as the gunner was firing the peece, sir Edward Braies eldest son came in all hast to the duke, and told him how the Londoners would betraie him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Herewith turning backe, he might [...] how Bret,The reuol|ting of the Londoners. and the other capteins of the whit [...]ootes with their bands being vpon the hill, and at his backe, made great and lowd shouts sundrie times, crieng; We are all Englishmen, we are all Englishmen: fashioning themselues in araie, readie bent with EEBO page image 1095 their weapons to set vpon the duke, if he had made anie resistance: wherevpon the duke willed the pée|ces that were bent against Rochester, to be turned vpon Bret and his fellowes. But vpon further con|sideration the shot was spared,The duke with the cap|teine of the gard, &c: put to their shifts. and the dukes grace, with the capteine of the gard, considering with wo|full hearts their chiefe strength thus turned against them; and being thus inuironed both behind and be|fore with enimies, shifted themselues awaie, as did also their companie. Sir Thomas Wiat accompa|nied with two or thrée, and not manie mo, came forth halfe a mile from Rochester, to méet Bret and the o|ther capteins, amongst whom was sir George Har|per, notwithstanding his former submission to the duke. Their méeting verelie séemed right ioifull both in gesture and countenance, & therewith hauing saluted each other, they entered all togither into Ro|chester. The lord of Aburgauennie & the shiriffe were greatlie abashed when they vnderstood of this mis|hap, for they doubted that such as were euill disposed before, would not be greatlie amended thereby. The shiriffe being then at Maidstone,The shiriffe of Kent rideth to the councell. hasted to come to Malling, where the lord of Aburgauennie laie, and vpon his comming thither, he tooke aduise to ride in post to the councell, to know their minds how they would direct them. Sir Thomas Wiat and his asso|ciats were greatlie recomforted with this new sup|plie added to their strength, by the reuolting thus of the Londoners: and verelie it bred no small hope in all their hearts that wished well to his enterprise, that he should the better atteine vnto the hoped end of his purpose. But it pleased God otherwise, who ne|uer prospereth anie that attempt such exploits with|out publike and lawfull authoritie.