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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In reuenge hereof, King Robert ſhortly after entred with a puiſſant army into England,King Robert inuadeth the north partes of England, ap|proching al|moſt to York. ſpoyling and waſting the Countrey, till he c [...]me almoſt to Yorke.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length hearing that king Edwarde was comming towards him with an army, he choſe a plot of grounde betwixt the Abbay of Byſ [...]nde and S. Sauiour, there to abyde battayle, whiche King Edward refuſed not to giue, though in the end, he was put to flight with his whole power,King Edwarde is put to flight. and chaſed with great ſlaughter both of Engliſh men and Normans, whiche were there in hys ayde.The Earle of Richmont is taken. Diuerſe alſo of the Nobilitie were taken priſoners, as Iohn de Brytaine Earle of Rich|mont, and Henrie Sowly, with others.

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