Compare 1577 edition: 1 These noble men, to make their conspiracie to séeme excusable,The pretense of y^e Persies, as they publi|shed it abroad. besides the articles aboue mentio|ned, sent letters abroad, wherein was conteined, that their gathering of an armie tended to none other end, but onlie for the safegard of their owne persons, and to put some better gouernment in the common|wealth. For whereas taxes and tallages were dailie leuied, vnder pretense to be imploied in defense of the realme, the same were vainlie wasted, and vnpro|fitablie consumed: and where through the slanderous reports of their enimies, the king had taken a gree|uous displeasure with them, they d [...]st not appeare personallie in the kings presence, vntill the prelats and barons of the realme had obteined of the king licence for them to come and purge themselues be|fore him, by lawfull triall of their péeres, whose iudge|ment (as they pretended) they would in no wise re|fuse. Manie that saw and heard these letters, did com|mend their diligence, and highlie praised their assu|red fidelitie and trustinesse towards the common|wealth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But the king vnderstanding their cloaked drift, deuised (by what meanes he might) to quiet and ap|pease the commons, and deface their contriued for|geries, and therefore he wrote an answer to their li|bels,The kings answer to the Persies libell. that he maruelled much, sith the earle of Nor|thumberland, and the lord Henrie Persie his sonne, had receiued the most part of the summes of monie granted to him by the cleargie and communaltie, for defense of the marches, as he could euidentlie prooue what should mooue them to complaine and raise such manifest slanders. And whereas he vnderstood, that the earles of Northumberland and Worcester, and the lord Persie had by their letters signified to their freends abroad, that by reason of the slanderous re|ports of their enimies, they durst not appeare in his presence, without the mediation of the prelats and nobles of the realme, so as they required pledges, whereby they might safelie come afore him, to de|clare and alledge what they had to saie in proofe of their innocencie, he protested by letters sent foorth vnder his seale, that they might safelie come and go, without all danger, or anie manner of indamage|ment to be offered to their persons.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But this could not satisfie those men, but that re|solued to go forwards with their enterprise, they marched towards Shrewesburie, vpon hope to be ai|ded (as men thought) by Owen Glendouer, and his Welshmen, publishing abroad throughout the coun|tries on each side, that king Richard was aliue,Poore K. Ri|chard is still aliue with thẽ that with K. Henries ouer|throw. whome if they wished to sée, they willed them to re|paire in armour vnto the castell of Chester, where (without all doubt) he was at that present, and redie to come forward. This tale being raised, though it were most vntrue, yet it bred variable motions in mens minds, causing them to wauer, so as they knew not to which part they should sticke; and vere|lie, diuers were well affected towards king Richard, speciallie such as had tasted of his princelie bounti|fulnes, of which there was no small number. And to speake a truth, no maruell it was, if manie enuied the prosperous state of king Henrie, sith it was eui|dent inough to the world, that he had with wrong v|surped the crowne, and not onelie violentlie deposed king Richard, but also cruellie procured his death, for the which vndoubtedlie, both he and his posteritie ta|sted such troubles, as put them still in danger of their states, till their direct succeeding line was quite rooted out by the contrarie faction, as in Henrie the sixt and Edward the fourth it may appeare.