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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Amongst other of those that came to the kings campe,Andrew Trollop for|saketh the lords. Andrew Trollop was chéefe, who with the other Calisians, which had long serued the king, and liued a long time by his wages, perceiuing now that they should fight against their souereigne lord him|selfe (whose true subiect they estéemed before that time the earle of Warwike euer to haue beene, and in no wise his enimie) in the dead of the night before the daie of the battell secretlie departed from the dukes campe, and submitted themselues to the king, admo|nishing him of all things deuised against him. Wher|of part was, Whethamsted that the duke of Yorke by his expert capteins appointed vpon a waie how to set vpon his enimies, & easilie to discomfit them; so as on the next morning he meant to haue assailed the king and his people, yer they could haue béene readie or warie of his comming.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now by the going awaie thus of his capteins and people, that purpose was disappointed. And An|drew Trollop thus departed, he was now as much discomforted, as before by trust in him he was in|couraged: for all his counsell and purpose by Andrew disclosed,

The estima|tion of An|drew Trol|lop.

The duke of Yorke and his complices [...].

he thought it better for him & his to depart in suertie, than to abide the imminent danger. Wher|vpon he with his yoonger sonne Edmund earle of Rutland, secretlie fled into Wales, and so passed in|to Ireland, where he was with all ioy and honour gladlie receiued, all the Irish offering to liue and die with him; as if they had béene his liege subiects, and he their lord and prince naturallie borne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earle of March sonne and heire apparant to the said duke, accompanied with the earles of Salis|burie and Warwike, and sir Iohn Wenlocke, got awaie the same night, and came into Deuonshire: where, by the meanes of Iohn Dinham esquier (which after was high treasuror of England, in the daies of king Henrie the seauenth) they bought a ship which cost a hundred and ten marks at Exmouth, and sailed into Gerneseie, after came to Calis, where be|ing let in at the posterne, they were ioifullie wel|comed of their fréends, namelie of sir William Ne|uill lord Fauconbridge, that was the earle of War|wikes vncle, and brother to the earle of Salisburie, who had the towne and castell in kéeping. All these be|ing assembled cast their heads togither, and euerie one seuerallie had his deuise for the perfecting of their purpose, whereto there wanted in them neither will nor hardinesse.

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