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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But the same lord Clifford not satisfied herewith, came to the place where the dead corpse of the duke of Yorke laie, caused his head to be striken off, and set on it a crowne of paper, fixed it on a pole, and pre|sented it to the quéene, not lieng farre from the field, in great despite, at which great reioising was shew|ed: but they laughed then that shortlie after lamen|ted, and were glad then of other mens deaths that knew not their owne to be so néere at hand. ¶Some write that the duke was taken aliue, Whethamsted and in derision caused to stand vpon a molehill, on whose head they put a garland in steed of a crowne, which they had fa|shioned and made of sedges or bulrushes; and hauing so crowned him with that garland, they knéeled downe afore him (as the Iewes did vnto Christ) in scorne, saieng to him;

Haile king without rule, haile king without heritage, haile duke and prince with|out people or possessions. And at length hauing thus scorned him with these and diuerse other the like de|spitefull words, they stroke off his head, which (as yee haue heard) they presented to the quéene.