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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Rebellion in Wales.There was alſo a greate Rebellion reyſed in Wales againſte Henry the fifth King of Eng|land, whiche was the ſonne of Henry the fourth lately deceaſſed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 We finde in the Scottiſhe Chronicles, that this Henry the fifth at hys returning foorthe of Fraunce, after his firſt iourney thither (hauyng in the ſame wonne the Towne of Harfleete, & diſ|comfited the whole power of Fraunce at Agyn|court) was conſtreyned to goe againſt ye Welch|men, and encoũtring with the Prince of Wales, was diſcomfyted,Henry the fifth diſcomfi|ted by the Welchmen. He ſubdueth them. and loſt tenne thouſand of hys men, but after this, hee reenforced his power, and came agayne into Wales, not ceaſſing, til he had brought the Welchmen ſubiect at his pleaſure, but the Engliſh writers make no mention of a|ny ſuche matter.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt things paſſed thus in Englande, William Halyburtoun wanne the Caſtell of Warke,The Caſtell of Warke wonne. and ſlew all ſuch as he found within it, howbeit, ſmall while endured the ioy of thys for|tunate ſucceſſe to the Scottes: for ſundry Eng|liſhmen that knewe all the ſecretes of the houſe, found meanes to enter through a gutter, that ſer|ued in manner of a Sinke, to auoyde al the filthe of the Kitchin into the Riuer of Tweede, brea|king downe a pane of an olde wall, and ſo made entrie for the reſidue of their fellowes, by reaſon whereof,It is againe recouered. they eaſily recouered the Caſtell, and in reuenge of them that were ſlayne there when the Scottes wanne it, they likewiſe ſlew al thoſe whiche were as then within it, withoute any re|ſpect of one or other.

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