Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time, the earle of Warren, with William de Ualence earle of Penbroke, the kings halfe brother, and others, who (as yée haue heard) fled from the battell at Lewes, were now returned into the realme, landing first in Southwales with a EEBO page image 270 power of crossebowes and other men of warre, the which hearing that the lord Edward was thus esca|ped out of captiuitie, came to Ludlow, and there ioi|ned with him, and so likewise did the earle of Gloce|ster. Now after they had communed togither, and were made freends and confederats, they caused all the bridges to be broken, that the enimies should not come to oppresse them, till they had assembled all their forces, and passing forward towards Glocester, wan the citie, and still came people vnto them from all sides, namelie those lords and capteins, which all the time since the battell of Lewes had laine in Bri|stow. After this they came to Worcester, and entred there also. When the earle of Leicester was hereof aduertised (who in all this meane time by order ta|ken, was about the king, and ruled all things in the court) h [...] sent in all hast vnto his sonne Simon de Montfort to raise a power of men,

The earle of Leicesters sonne raiseth an armie.

He wan Win|chester.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the last day of Iulie, prince Edward with his host came to Killingwoorth aforesaid, and there figh|ting with the said Simon de Montfort and his ar|mie, with little slaughter discomfited the same, and tooke prisoners the erle of Oxford,The armie of the earle of Leicesters sonne is dis|comfited. the lords William de Montchensie, Adam de Newmarch, Baldwine Wake, and Hugh Neuill, with diuerse others: the lord Simon himselfe fled into the castell, and so esca|ped. In this meane while the earle of Leicester ha|uing raised his power, N. Triuet. came to the castell of Mon|mouth,The castell of Monmouth taken. which the earle of Glocester had latelie taken and fortified: but they that were within it being dri|uen to yéeld, it was now raced downe to the ground. This doone, the earle of Leicester entring into Gla|morganshire, and ioining his power with the prince of Wales, wasted and burned the lands of the said earle of Glocester: but hearing what his aduersaries went about in other places, he returned from thence, and came forward towards the said prince Edward, who likewise made towards him, and at Euesham they met on the sixt day of August,The battell of Euesham. where was fought a verie fierce and cruell battell betwixt the parties.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Polydor. ¶ Some write, that the earle of Leicester placed king Henrie in the front of his battell, whom he had there with him as captiue, and had arraied him in his owne cote-armour, that if fortune went against him, whilest the enimies should be earnest to take the king bearing the semblance of the chéefe capteine, he might himselfe escape: but king Henrie, when they came to ioine, fought not, but called to his people, and declared who he was, whereby he escaped the danger of death, for being knowne of them he was saued. The Welshmen which in great numbers the earle of Leicester had there on his side,The Welsh|men fled. at the first onset fled and ran awaie; which their demeanor, when the earle saw, he exhorted those that were about him to plaie the men, and so rushing foorth into the prease of his e|nimies,The earle of Leicester slaine. he was inclosed about and slaine, togither with his sonne Henrie. Herevpon, his death being knowne, his people tooke them to flight as men vt|terlie discomfited. There died in that battell about 4000 men (as Polydor saith.) But Richard South|well saith, there were killed of knights or rather men of armes 180, and of yeomen or rather demilances 220, of Welshmen 5000, and of such footmen as were of the earle of Leicesters owne retinue 2000, so that there died in all to the number of ten thousand men, as the same Southwell affirmeth. Among whom of noblemen, Matth. We [...] these are reckoned Hugh Spenser lord chéefe iustice, the lord Rafe Ba [...]et, the lord Peter de Montfort, the lord Iohn Beauchampe, sir William Yorke, the lord Thomas de Esterlie, the lord Walter de Creppings, Guie de B [...]lioll a Frenchman, the lord William de Mandeuill, the lord Roger S. Iohn, the lord Robert Tregoz, and others.