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Compare 1587 edition: 1 With theſe words he rendred vp the ſword,Thomas ren|dreth vp the ſworde. and flung away like a bedlem, beeing garded wyth hys brutiſhe droue of braineſicke Re|belles.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Counſaile ſent ſecretely vpon his de|parture to maiſter Maior and his breethren, to apprehende, if they conueniently might, Tho|mas Fitz Giralde, and his confederates. But the warning was ſo ſkarborrow, the enimie ſo ſtrong, the Citie by reaſon of the plague that raunged in towne and in country, ſo diſpeopled, EEBO page image 91 as their attempt therein would ſeeme but vaine and friuolous.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ouer this, the weaker parte of the Rebelles would not penne vp themſelues within the Ci|tie walles, but ſtood houering aloofe off towards Oſtmantowne greene, on the toppe of the hyll where the gallouſe ſtoode (a fitte center for ſuche a circle) till tyme they were aduertiſed of theyr Captayne Thomas his returne.

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