Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Now she, hauing in hir companie the prince hir sonne the dukes of Excester and Summerset, the earle of Deuonshire, the lord Clifford, the lord Ros, and in effect all the lords of the north parts, with eightéene thousand men, or (as some write) two and twentie thousand, marched from Yorke to Wake|field, and bad base to the duke, euen before his castell gates. He hauing with him not fullie fiue thousand persons, contrarie to the minds of his faithfull coun|cellors would needs issue foorth to fight with his eni|mies. The duke of Summerset and the quéenes part, casting vpon their most aduantage, appointed the lord Clifford to lie in one stale, and the earle of Wil|shire in another, and the duke with other to kéepe the maine battell. The duke of Yorke with his people des|cended downe the hill in good order and arraie, and was suffered to passe on towards the maine bat|tell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But when he was in the plaine field betweene his castell and the towne of Wakefield,The battell at Wakefield. he was inuiro|ned on euerie side, like fish in a net, so that though he fought manfullie,The duke of Yorke slaine. yet was he within halfe an houre slaine and dead, and his whole armie discomfited: with him died of his trustie fréends, his two bastard vncles, sir Iohn and sir Hugh Mortimers, sir Dauie Hall, sir Hugh Hastings, sir Thomas Neuill, Willi|am and Thomas Aparre, both brethren;Onelie seauen hundred sou|therne men saith Whe [...]|hamsted. and two thou|sand and eight hundred others, whereof manie were yoong gentlemen, and heires of great parentage in the south parts, whose kin reuenged their deaths with|in foure moneths next, as after shall appeare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this conflict was wounded and taken priso|ner, Richard earle of Salisburie, sir Richard Lim|bricke, Rafe Stanleie, Iohn Harow, capteine Han|son, and diuerse others. The lord Clifford, perceiuing where the earle of Rutland was conueied out of the field (by one of his fathers chapleins, and scholemai|ster to the same earle) and ouertaking him,The cruell murther of the yoong earle of Rutland. stabbed him to the heart with a dagger as he kneeled afore him. This earle was but a child at that time of twelue yeares of age, whome neither his tender yeares, nor dolorous countenance, with holding vp both his hands for mercie (for his speach was gone for feare) could mooue the cruell heart of the lord Clifford to take pitie vpon him, so that he was noted of great infamie for that his vnmercifull murther vpon that yoong gentleman.