Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The lord Warden being at Rochester (as yée haue heard) well furnished both with horsse and men,The lord Warden of the cinque ports verie willing to followe af|ter Wiat. perfectlie appointed to no small number, was wil|ling to haue followed after Wiat, and to haue she|wed his good will against him in the quéens quarrell: but yet vpon deliberation had, & aduise taken with o|thers that were there with him, he thought good first to vnderstand the quéenes pleasure how to proceed in his dealings; and heervpon he rode post to the queene himselfe, leauing the lord of Aburgauennie and the rest of the gentlemen with his and their bands be|hind till his returne. On sundaie the fourth of Fe|bruarie, the lord admerall caused a strong ward of three hundred men to be kept on the bridge till eight of the clocke at night, and then (for their reléefe) en|tred the watch of other thrée hundred: so that the bridge was thus garded both daie and night with thrée hundred men in armor.Wiat at his wits end. It troubled Wiat and all his companie verie sore, to sée that London did so stiffelie stand and hold out against them: for in the assistance which they looked to haue had of that citie, all their hope of prosperous spéed consisted. But now that they saw themselues greatlie disappointed EEBO page image 1098 therein, they meant yet to set all on a hazard. And so the sixt of Februarie being Shrouetuesdaie, afore six of the clocke in the morning, they departed out of Southworke, [...] mar|cheth to kingstone. marching directlie towards King|stone ten miles distant from London, standing vpon the Thames, where they arriued about foure of the clocke in the after noone: and finding thirtie foot or thereabout of the bridge taken awaie, sauing the posts that were left standing; Wiat practised with two mariners to swim ouer, and to conueie a barge to him, which the mariners through great promises of preferment accordinglie did, wherein Wiat and certeine with him were conueied ouer: who in the meane time that the number of soldiors baited in the towne, [...]at repa|reth the bridge [...] kingstone. caused the bridge to be repared with lad|ders, planks, and beames, the same being tied togi|ther with ropes and boords, so as by ten of the clocke in the night it was in such plight, that both his ordi|nance and companies of men might passe ouer with|out perill. And so about eleuen of the clocke in the same night, Wiat with his armie passing ouer the bridge without either resistance or perill, & before it could be once knowne at the court, marched toward London, meaning (as some haue written) to haue bin at the court gate before daie that morning. Ne|uertheles, before he came within six miles of the citie staieng for a péece of his great artillerie which was dismounted by the waie, [...]. Grafton. his comming was discoue|red before daie:The earle of Penbroke [...] the ar| [...] in order. wherby the erle of Penbroke gene|rall of the quéenes armie was with his men in good order of battell in S. Iames field beside Westmin|ster, two or thrée houres yer Wiat could rech thither.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The earle hauing vnderstanding by his espials, what waie Wiat would march, placed his armie in this order. First, in a field on the west side of saint Iames were all his men of armes, and demilances; ouer against whome in the lane next to the parke, were placed all the light horssemen. All which bands of horssemen were vnder the charge of the lord Clin|ton, being marshall of the field. The great artillerie was planted in the middest and highest place of the causeie next to the house of saint Iames, with cer|teine field peeces lieng on the flanke of ech battell. After that both the armies were in sight, and that the great artillerie began to thunder from either side without harme (as it happened to either of both) Wiat perceiuing that he could not come vp the fore right waie without great disaduantage, [...] com| [...]th to the parke corner, [...]. when he was come to the parke corner, he leauing the cau|seie, swarued, and tooke the nether waie towards saint Iames. Which being perceiued by the quéenes horssemen, who laie on either side of him, they gaue a sudden charge, and diuided his battell asunder hard behind Wiats ensignes, whereby so manie as were not passed before with Wiat, were forced to flie backe towards Brainford: and certeine of his com|panie which escaped the charge, passed by the backe|side of saint Iames towards Westminster, and from thense to the court: and finding the gates shut against them, staid there a while, and shot off manie arrowes into the windowes, and ouer into the gar|den, neuerthelesse without anie hurt there that was knowne. Wherevpon the said rebels, ouer whom one Kneuet was capteine, perceiuing themselues to be too few to doo anie great feat there, departed from thense to follow Wiat, who was gone before to|ward London: and being on their waie at Charing|crosse, were there incountered by sir Henrie Ier|ningham capteine of the queenes gard, sir Edward Braie master of the ordinance,A skirmish at [...] betwéen [...] and the [...] and sir Philip Paris knights, which were sent by the order of the earle of Penbroke with a band of archers, and certeine field péeces for the rescue of the court, who incountered the said rebels at Charingcrosse aforesaid, after they had dischaged their field péeces vpon them, ioined with those rebels, halfe armed, and halfe vnarmed, at the push of the pike, & verie soone dispersed their power; whereof some fled into the lane toward saint Giles, & some on the other side by a brewhouse towards the Thames. In this conflict, which was the chiefe triall of that daie, there was not found slaine to the num|ber of twentie of those rebels. Which happened by rea|son that vpon their ioining with the quéens soldiors, the one part could not be discerned from the other, but onelie by the mire and dur [...] taken by the waie, which stacke vpon their garments comming in the night: wherefore the crie on the quéenes part that daie was; Downe with the daggle tailes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to returne to Wiat, of whome ye heard before, who being come to the parke corner, and per|ceiuing the perill apparant, if he should haue mar|ched straight vpon the earls battels, which were ran|ged on either side of the causeie, did therefore poli|tikelie turne from the great causeie, marching along the wall of the house of saint Iames towards Lon|don:Wiat mar|cheth alongst the wall of saint Iames towards London. which could not haue béene without his no little losse of manie of his traine, if those that had the charge on that side the field, had béene as forward in seruice as the earle with his battell, and the horsse|men before shewed themselues to be. Neuerthelesse Wiat following his purposed enterprise, which was to haue entered into London, where he hoped of great aid, marched on with the small companie that was left him, as far as a common inne called the Bell sauage, néere to Ludgate, beléeuing to haue found some readie there to haue receiued him; wher|in his hope was much deceiued, finding the said gate fast shut, and stronglie garded with a number as well of most honest citizens, as also of other bands of the quéenes assured friends. Wherevpon Wiat, who comming towards the citie, made himselfe sure of his enterprise, now desperat of the same, was faine to turne his face, retiring backe againe to Temple-barre, where he with the rest of his retinue determined (as it seemed) to trie their last fortune.