Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the Lent season, the duke of Lancaster with his brother the earle of Buckingham went towards the borders,The duke of Lancaster in|uadeth Scot|land with an armie. hauing with him a mightie power of knights, esquiers, and archers, and after he had re|mained a certeine time vpon the borders, about Ea|ster he entered Scotland, and comming within thrée miles of Edenburgh, he staied there three daies,Edenburgh left desolate. in which meane time the Scots conueied all their goods out of the towne ouer the water of Firth: so that when the armie came thither, they found nothing but bare walles, which gréeued the soldiers not a little. The Scots would not come foorth to giue anie bat|tell to the Englishmen, but got them into woods and mounteines, or else passed ouer the riuer of Firth, suffering the Englishmen to fight with the vehe|ment cold wether that then sore annoied those parts, in so much that on Easter daie at night, through snow that fell, and such extreame cold and boisterous stormes as sore afflicted the armie, being incamped within the compasse of a marish ground for their more suertie there died aboue fiue hundred horsses, to let passe the losse of men that perished at the same time, of whom we make no mention. To conclude,Great death of horsses and men in the English host, by reason of extreme cold. after the duke and his brother the earle had remai|ned a time thus in Scotland, and burned certeine townes, they returned into England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the same time, to wit, in the quindene of Easter,A parlement at Salisburie. a parlement of the nobles was holden at Salisburie, during the which an Irish frier of the or|der of the Carmelits, being a bacheler in diuinitie,An Irish frier appeacheth the duke of Lãca|ster of treason. exhibited to the king a bill against the duke of Lan|caster, charging him with heinous treasons: as that he meant vpon a sudden to destroie the king, and to vsurpe the crowne, shewing the time, the place, and circumstances of the whole contriued matter. The king being yoong both in yeares and discretion, when he had heard the friers information, called two of his chapleins vnto him, one sir Nicholas Slake, and an other, and asked their aduise what they thought good to be doone in such a weightie cause. Now as they were busie in talke about the same, the duke of Lancaster came into the kings chamber after his woonted manner, not vnderstanding anie thing of the matter wherof they were in talke. The king with a sterne countenance beheld the duke, not dooing him the honor that he was accustomed. The duke suspecting that the king had somewhat in his head that touched his person, withdrew. In the meane time those two that were thus in counsell with the king, fearing happilie the dukes power, or el [...]e vpon good will they [...]are towards him, persuaded the king that in anie wise he should call him, to see and heare what was laid to his charge.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The duke, after he had read the bill of his [...] on, made such answer, and so excused himselfe [...] de|claring his innocencie, that the king gaue credit to his words, and receiued his excuse. Herewith the duke besought the king, that the frier might be kept in safe gard, till the time came that he might purge himselfe of that he had charged him with; and that the lord Iohn Holland [...]he kings halfe brother might haue the custodie of him, till the day appointed that the duke should come to his full trial. The night be|fore which day, the said lord Holland, and sir Henrie Gréene knight, came to this frier, and putting a cord about his necke,A miserable & cruell torture. tied the other end about his priuie members, & after hanging him vp from the ground; laid a stone vp on his bellie, with the weight whereof, EEBO page image 446 and peise of his bodie withall, he was strangled and tormented, so as his verie backe bone burst in sun|der therewith, besides the straining of his priuie members: thus with thrée kind of tormentings he ended his wretched life. On the morow after, they caused his dead corps to be drawne about the towne, to the end it might appeare he had suffered worthilie for his great falshood & treason. Which extreame pu|nishment and exquisite kind of execution, had it not béene meritoriouslie inflicted vpon so impudent an offendor, had deserued perpetuall record of vnaccu|stomed crueltie, with this vehement exclamation,

O fera barbaries aeuo non nota priori,

Sed nec apud saeuos inuenienda Scythas.