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Snippet: 3588 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 410) 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.
Snippet: 3589 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 410) Compare 1587 edition:
1 King Iames perceyuing no
ſuche matter, thought it better to returne with aſſured gaine,King Iames returneth with out proffer of battaile. than
to tarie this newe ſprong Dukes doubtfull and vncertaine victorie.
Snippet: 3590 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 410) Compare 1587 edition:
1 And ſo hauing his people
laden and peſtered wyth ſpoyle and pryſoners, he drewe backe into
Scotlande.
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