The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 1097)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 His prisoners Christopher Roper, George Dor|rell, and Iohn Tucke esquiers, who were kept some|what strict, for that they seemed sicklie, and finding within the towne no conuenient harborough or at|tendance,

Wiat suffereth his prisoners to go abrode vpon their word.

Wiat cõmeth into South|worke.

were licenced by sir Thomas Wiat, vpon promise of their worships to be true prisoners, to pro|uide for themselues out from the towne, where they best might. But they breaking promise with him, sought waies to escape and come no more at him. On saturdaie following verie earlie Wiat marched to Southworke, where approching the gate at Lon|don bridge foot, he called to them within to haue it o|pened: which he found not so readie as he looked for. After he had beene a little while in Southworke, and began to trench at the bridge foot, and set two peeces of ordinance against the gate, diuerse of his soldiors went to Winchester place, where one of them (be|ing a gentleman) began to fall to rifling of things found in the house. Wherewith sir Thomas Wiat seemed so much offended, that he threatned sore to hang him euen presentlie there vpon the wharfe, and so as he made others to beleeue he meant to haue doone, if capteine Bret and others had not intreated for him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The lord William Howard lord admerall of England, being appointed by the queens commission capteine generall, with the lord maior sir Thomas White, watched at the bridge that night with three hundred men, caused the draw bridge to be hewen downe into the Thames, made rampiers and for|tifications there, fensing the same with great ordi|nance. Wiat yet aduentured the breaking downe of a wall out of an house ioining to the gate at the bridge foot,Sir Thomas Wiats despe|rat attempt. whereby he might enter into the leads o|uer the gate, & came downe into the lodge about ele|uen of the clocke in the night, where he found the porter in a slumber, and his wife with other waking, and watching ouer a cole; but beholding Wiat, they began suddenlie to start as greatlie amazed. Whist quoth Wiat, as you loue your liues sit still, you shall haue no hurt. Glad were they of that warrant, and so were quiet, and made no noise. Wiat and a few with him went foorth as farre as the draw bridge: on the other side whereof he saw the lord admerall, the lord maior, sir Andrew Iud, and one or two others in consultation for ordering of the bridge, wherevn|to he gaue diligent heed and eare a good while, and was not séene.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This doone,Wiat and his complices [...] into consul|tation. he returned and said to some of his companie; This place sirs is too hot for vs. And here|vpon falling in counsell what was best to doo: some gaue aduise that it should be good to returne to Gréenewich, and so to passe the water into Essex, whereby their companie (as they thought) should in|crease, and then assaie to enter into London by Ald|gate: and some were of opinion, that it were better to go to Kingston vpon Thames, and so further west. Other there were, among which sir Thomas Wiat himselfe was chiefe, would haue returned into Kent to méet with the lord of Aburgauenie, the lord War|den, the shiriffe, sir Thomas Moile, sir Thomas Kempe, sir Thomas Finch, and others that were at Rochester, comming on Wiats backe, with a great companie well appointed, persuading himselfe (whether truelie or not I know not) that he should find among them more friends than enimies. But whether his desire to returne into Kent grew vpon hope he had to find aid there, or rather to shift him|selfe awaie, it was doubted of his owne companie; and some of them that knew him well (except they were much deceiued) reported not long before their execution, that his desire to returne into Kent, was onelie to shift himselfe ouer the sea.