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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After all this adoo, it was so agreed vpon by ad|uise, for the auoiding of bloudshed, and pacifieng of the duke and his people, that the duke of Summer|set was committed to ward, as some say; or else com|manded to kéepe himselfe priuie in his owne house for a time. Whethamsted But it should seeme by that which some haue written, that the duke of Yorke was deceiued of the hope which he had, to be aided of the Kentish|men; insomuch that when he saw himselfe ouermat|ched by the king in number of people, who had got to|gither thrice as manie men as the duke had there with him, the duke was the more easie to be dealt with. And so comming to the king, and submitting himselfe by mediation of certeine of the nobilitie, he obteined pardon of that his former presumptuous enterprise. And within a few daies after his com|ming to London with the king, he openlie in the church of S. Paule (the king being present) receiued a solemne oth,The duke of Yorks recon|ciliation to the king. that from thenceforth, he should no more commit any such offense, nor attempt anie thing, ei|ther against the king, or any other of his liege peo|ple, contrarie to the order of law and iustice.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Howsoeuer the matter went, truth it is, that the duke of Yorke, the first of March, dissolued his ar|mie, brake vp his campe, & came to the kings tent, where contrarie to his expectation, & against promise made by the king (as other write) he found the duke of Summerset going at large and set at libertie,The duke of Yorke accu|seth the duke of Sũmerset. whome the duke of Yorke boldlie accused of treason, briberie, oppression, and manie other crimes. The duke of Summerset not onelie made answer to the dukes obiections,A mutuall charge be|tweene ye two dukes, Yorke & Summerset of hi [...] treason. but also accused him of high trea|son, affirming, that he with his fautors and compli|ces had consulted togither, how to come by the scep|ter and regall crowne of this realme. By meanes of which words the king remooued streight to London, and the duke of Yorke (as prisoner) rode before him, and so was kept a while.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king assembled togither a great councell at Weminster, to heare the accusations of the two dukes, the one obiecting to the other manie heinous and greeuous crimes. But the duke of Summerset, which now conceiued in his mind the thing that shortlie followed, incessantlie exhorted the councell, that the duke of Yorke, by compulsion or otherwise, might be driuen to confesse his offense, that so being attainted of treason, he might suffer execution, and his children to be taken as aduersaries to their na|tiue countrie; to the intent that by the extinction of him and his sequeale, all ciuill warre and inward di|uision might ceasse and be repressed: beséeching al|mightie God, that so great an enimie to the king and his bloud, might neuer escape punishment, nor con|tinue long in life.

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