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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king, Record. Tur. when such earles and lords as he had li|cenced for a time were returned (his brother the earle of Northfolke excepted) & that the most part of those men of warre were assembled that had summons, although diuerse came not at all; about the first sun|daie in Lent he set forward towards his enimies, hauing with him to the number of sixtéene hundred men of armes on horssebacke,

The king set|teth forward towards his enimies.

He made a proclamation.

and footmen innume|rable, with this power passing foorth towards his ad|uersaries, he caused proclamation to be made, that he was readie to receiue all men to his peace, that would come and submit themselues, those excepted which had beene at the siege of Tikehill castell, or at the taking of the citie of Glocester, or at the inuasi|on made vpon his men at Bridgenorth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 At his comming to a little village called Cald|well,Burton vpon Trent. he sent afore him certeine bands to Burton vp|on EEBO page image 330 on Trent, where he ment to haue lodged: but the earles of Lancaster and Hereford, the lords Roger Damorie, Hugh Audelie the yonger, Iohn de Mow|braie, Bartholomew de Badelismere, Roger de Clif|ford, Iohn Gifford de Brem [...]sfield, Henrie Tieis, and many other being gotten thither before, kept the bridge, and affailing the kings people which he had thus sent before, some of them they slue, and some they wounded, so defending the bridge, that none could passe, and by reason that the waters, and speci|allie the riuer of Trent through abundance of raine that was latelie fallen, were raised, there was no meane to passe by the foords, wherevpon the king was constreined to staie the space of thrée daies, in which meane time, the earles and their complices for|tified the bridge at Burton, with barriers and such like defenses, after the maner of warre, but the king at length vpon deliberate aduise taken how to passe the riuer,The earle of Surrie. Peraduen|ture at Wich|nore. ordeined, that the earle of Surrie with cer|teine armed men, should go ouer by a bridge that was thrée miles distant from Burton, that he might come vpon the backes of the enimies, as they were fighting with those that should assaile them afront.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earles of Richmond & Penbroke.The earles of Richmond and Penbroke were ap|pointed to passe by a foord, which they had got know|ledge of, with thrée hundred horssemen in complet armour, and the king with his brother the earle of Kent should follow them, with the residue of the ar|mie,Robert A|quarie. sauing that Robert Aquarie or Waters, with certeine bands of footmen was commanded to as|saile the bridge, which he did verie manfullie, causing the archers & crossebowes to annoie them that kept it, so as he might draw the whole power of the eni|mies that waie,The K. pas|seth by a foord. till the king and the earles were passed by the foord. But after that the earles of Lan|caster and Hereford with their complices, heard that the king was passed with his armie, they came foorth with their people into the fields,The earles of Lancaster & Hereford flée and set fire on the towne. and put them in or|der of battell: but perceiuing the great puissance which the king had there readie to encounter them, without more adoo they fled setting fire on the towne, and leauing all their vittels and other things behind them. The kings people comming spéedilie forward, and entring the towne, quenched the fire, and fell to the spoile of such things as the enimies for hast had left behind them. The king kept nothing to himselfe, but onelie a faire cup that belonged to the earle of Lancaster, a péece esteemed to be of some great value.

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