Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ He certeinlie beléeued (as ma [...]e other [...]) that king Richard would neuer returne with life into England againe, which caused him to attempt so manie vnlawfull [...]nterprises, and therefore he got in|to his hands all the castels and fortresses belonging to the crowne, and furnished them with garisons of souldiers, as he thought necessarie, depriuing such capteins of their roomes as he suspected not [...]o fauour his procéedings.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 One Gerard de Camuille had bought of the king the kéeping of the castell of Lincolne, vnto whom al|so the shiriffewike of the shire was committed for a time, but the lord chancellour, perceiuing that he bare more good will vnto earle Iohn the kings brother than to him (which Iohn he most suspected) he tooke from him the shiriffewike, & demanded also to haue the castell of Lincolne deliuered into his hands, which Gerard refused to deliuer, and perceiuing that the chancellor would practise to haue it by force, he fled vnto earle Iohn, requiring him of competent aid and succour.
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chancellor on the other part, perceiuing what hatred diuerse of the Nobles bare him, thought good to prouide
for his owne suertie the best that he could, and therefore sent for a power of men from beyond the sea: but
bicause he thought it too long to staie till they arriued, he came to Lincolne with such power as he could
make, and besieged the castell. Erle Iohn the kings brother aduertised hereof,
The lord chancellor besiegeth the castell of Lin|colne. Earle Iohn winneth the castels of No|tingham and Tickhill.