Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 It was further conteined in that bill, that as the same Bagot rode on a daie behind the duke of Nor|folke in the Sauoy stréet toward Westminster, the ruke asked him what he knew of the manner of the duke of Glocester his death, and he answered that he knew nothing at all: but the people (quoth he) doo say that you haue murthered him. Wherevnto the duke sware great othes that it was vntrue, and tha [...] he had saued his life contrarie to the will of the king and certeine other lords, by the space of thrée wéeks, and more; affirming withall, that he was neuer in all his life time more affraid of death, than he was at his comming home againe from Calis at that time, to the kings presence, by reason he had not put the duke to death. And then (said he) the king appoin|ted one of his owne seruants, and certeine other that EEBO page image 512 were seruants to other lords to go with him to see the said duke of Glocester put to death, swearing that as he should answer afore God, it was neuer his mind that he should haue died in the fort, but onelie for feare of the king, and sauing of his owne life. Ne|uerthelesse, there was no man in the realme to whom king Richard was so much beholden,The duke of Aumarle ac|cused. as to the duke of Aumarle: for he was the man that to fulfill his mind, had set him in hand with all that was doone a|gainst the said duke, and the other lords. There was also conteined in that bill, what secret malice king Richard had conceiued against the duke of Hereford being in exile, whereof the same Bagot had sent in|telligence vnto the duke into France, by one Roger Smart, who certified it to him by Piers Buckton, and others, to the intent he should the better haue re|gard to himselfe. There was also conteined in the said bill, that Bagot had heard the duke of Aumarle say, that he had rather than twentie thousand pounds that the duke of Hereford were dead, not for anie feare he had of him, but for the trouble and mischéefe that he was like to procure within the realme.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke of Aumarle his answer vn|to Bagots bill.After that the bill had béene read and heard, the duke of Aumarle rose vp and said, that as touching the points conteined in the bill concerning him, they were vtterlie false and vntrue, which he would proue with his bodie, in what manner soeuer it should be thought requisit. There with also the duke of Excester rose vp, and willed Bagot that if he could say anie thing against him to speake it openlie. Bagot an|swered, that for his part he could say nothing against him: But there is (said he) a yeoman in Newgat one Iohn hall that can say somewhat.Iohn Hall a yeoman.

Well then (said the duke of Excester) this that I doo and shall say is true, that the late king, the duke of Norfolke, and thou being at Woodstoke, made me to go with you into the chappell, and there the doore being shut, ye made me to sweare vpon the altar, to kéepe counsell in that ye had to say to me, and then ye rehearsed that we should neuer haue our purpose, so long as the duke of Lancaster liued, & therefore ye purposed to haue councell at Lichfield, & there you would ar|rest the duke of Lancaster, in such sort as by colour of his disobeieng the arrest, he should be dispatched out of life. And in this maner ye imagined his death. To the which I answered, that it were conuenient the king should send for his councell, and if they a|gréed herevnto. I would not be against it, and so I departed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 After this, the king commanded that the lords, Berkleie, and Louell, and sir knights of the lower house, should go after dinner to examine the said Hall. This was on a thursdaie being the fiftéenth of October. On the saturdaie next insuing, sir William Bagot and the said Iohn Hall were brought both to the barre,Bagot and Hall brought to the barre. and Bagot was examined of certeine points, and sent againe to prison. The lord Fitzwa|ter herewith rose vp, and said to the king, that where the duke of Aumarle excuseth himselfe of the duke of Glocesters death, I say (quoth he) that he was the verie cause of his death,The lord Fitzwater appealeth the duke of Au|marle of trea|son. and so he appealed him of treason, offering by throwing downe his hood as a gage to proue it with his bodie. There were twentie other lords also that threw downe their hoods, as pledges to proue the like matter against the duke of Aumarle. The duke of Aumarle threw downe his hood to trie it against the lord Fitzwater, as against him that lied falselie, in that he had charged him with, by that his appeale. These gages were deliue|red to the constable and marshall of England, and the parties put vnder arrest.