Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The people on the marches of Wales, for the fa|uour which they bare to the Mortimers linage, more gladlie offered him their aid and assistance than he could desire the same; so that he had incontinentlie a puissant armie, to the number of thrée and twentie thousand, readie to go against the quéene, and the murtherers of his father. But when he was setting forward,The earle of Penbroke. newes was brought to him, that Iasper earle of Penbroke halfe brother to king Henrie, and Iames Butler earle of Ormund and Wilshire, had assembled a great number of Welsh and Irish peo|ple to take him: he herewith quickned, retired backe and met with his enimies in a faire plaine, néere to Mortimers crosse,The battell of Mortimers crosse. not far from Hereford east, on Candlemasse daie in the morning. At which time the sunne (as some write) appeared to the earle of March like thrée sunnes, and suddenlie ioined altogither in one. Upon which sight he tooke such courage, that he fiercelie setting on his enimies, put them to flight: and for this cause men imagined, that he gaue the sunne in his full brightnesse for his badge or cogni|sance.The cogni|sãce of bright sunne. Of his enimies were left dead on the ground thrée thousand and eight hundred.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The earles of Penbroke and Wilshire fled, but sir Owen Teuther father to the said earle of Pen|broke (which Owen had married king Henries mo|ther,Owen Teu|ther and other taken and beheaded. as yee haue heard before) with Dauid Floid, Morgan ap Reuther, and diuerse other were taken, and beheaded at Hereford. The quéene neuerthelesse incouraged by hir late victorie, with a multitude of northerne people, marched toward London, inten|ding to vndoo all that had beene ordeined in the last parlement. These northerne people, after they were once passed ouer the riuer of Trent, Whethamsted. spoiled and wa|sted the countrie afore them, in maner as if they had béene in the land of forren enimies. At length, they approched to saint Albons, hearing that the duke of Northfolke, and the earle of Warwike, with other whome the duke of Yorke had left to gouerne the king in his absence, had (by the kings assent) assem|bled a great hoast, and were incamped neere to that towne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Those northerne lords and other that were with the queene,The northern men enter in|to S. Albons. made forward, and entring into S. Albons, meant to passe through the towne, and so to coape with their enimies; but finding a sort of archers ran|ged néere to the great crosse in the market place, to defend their passage, they were receiued with such a storme of arrowes, which came flieng about their eares as thicke as haile, that they were quicklie re|pell [...]d backe, and with losse driuen to retire in hast vnto the west end of the towne; where, by a lane that leadeth northwards vp to saint Peters stréet, they made their entrie, and had there also a sharpe in|counter against certeine bands of the kings people. But after great slaughter on both parts, they got throughThey passe through it. and vpon the heath that lieth at the north end of the towne, called Barnard heath, they had a farre greater conflict with foure or fiue thousand of the kings armie, that séemed as they had beene auant courrers.