The Holinshed Texts (1577, Volume 2, p. 409)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The moſt part of this yeare,1492 the king ſpent in ryding abrode through all partes of his realme to ſee iuſtice miniſtred, ſpecially in the North parts,The king go|eth on pro|greſſe. where the people are cõmõly furtheſt out of order.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was ſhortly after ſome appearance of warres betwixt Englande and Fraunce, where|vpon king Charles ſent vnto king Iames, requi|ring him of aſſyſtance, if it came to paſſe that the Engliſh men did inuade France: and further de|clared, that he had one with him called Richarde Duke of Yorke, ſeconde ſonne to king Edwarde the fourth, who had beene preſerued now many EEBO page image 410 yeares ſecretely by his Aunt Margaret Duches of Burgoin, and therfore was iuſt inheritor vnto the realm of England, whõ he would ſend into Scot|lande, praying the king to aſſyſt him to recouer his rightfull heritage, the ſaid realme of England. And ſhortlye after herevpon,Perkyn War|becke. the ſayde feyned Duke (whoſe ryght name was Perkin War|becke as in the Engliſhe Hyſtorie it appeareth) arriued in Scotlande well and honourably ac|companied, to trie what purchaſe he might make there for ſuccours to attayne his pretended right to the crowne of Englande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Perkyn Warbecke did vſe the matter in ſuche ſubtill wyſe, that King Iames eyther gyuing, or ſeeming to gyue credite to his words, after aduiſe and deliberation had and taken wyth hys Counſell, receyued him in honourable wyſe, naming and reputing him Duke of Yorke,

Perkyn War|becke marieth the Earle of Huntleyes daughter.

1495

King Iames inuadeth Nor+thumberland.

1495

and therefore promiſed him to ayde him in all that he myght, and ſhortlye after, hee maryed hym to his neare kynneſwoman the Ladie Katheryn, daughter to the Earle of Huntley, and moreouer, rayſed a great armie, ſpecially of the borderers, and with the ſame hauing this pretenſed Duke in companie wyth him, inuaded England, burnt townes, ſpoyled houſes, tooke great booties and [figure appears here on page 410] riche prayes both of goodes and priſoners, and al|lected with the ſweetneſſe of ſuch ſpoyle and gain, waſted al the Countrey of Northumberland, and had gone further, but that he coulde perceyue no ayde comming in vnto this new found Duke, cõ|trarie to ſuche golden promiſes as he had made, that aſſoone as they were entred into Englande, there would flocke vnto him both of the nobilitie and commons, and that in great numbers.