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Compare 1577 edition: 1 There was in the citie of Yorke an old and rich hospitall,Saint Leo|nards hospi|tall in Yorke. dedicated to saint Leonard, for the harbou|rough and reléeuing of poore people. Certeine euill disposed persons of the earle of Warwikes faction, intending to set a broile in the countrie, persuaded the husbandmen to refuse to giue anie thing to the said hospitall, affirming that the corne giuen to that good intent, came not to the vse of the poore; but was conuerted to the behoofe of the maister of the hospi|tall, and the preests, whereby they grew to be rich, and the poore people wanted their due succour and reléefe. And not content with these saiengs, they fell to doo|ings: for when the proctors of the hospitall, according to their vsage, went about the countrie to gather the accustomed corne, they were sore beaten, wounded, and euill intreated.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Shortlie after, the conspiracie of the euill disposed people grew to an open rebellion,A rebellion. so that there as|sembled to the number of fifteene thousand men, e|uen readie bent to set on the citie of Yorke. But the lord marquesse Montacute, gouernour and president of that countrie for the king, taking spéedie counsell in the matter, with a small number of men, but well chosen, incountred the rebels before the gates of Yorke: where (after a long conflict) he tooke Robert Huldorne their capteine,Robert Hul|dorne capteine of the reb [...]ls taken and be|headed. and before them comman|ded his head to be striken off, and then (bicause it was a darke euening) he caused his souldiers to enter in|to Yorke, and there to refresh them. Héere manie men haue maruelled, whie the marquesse thus put to death the capteine of those people, which had procu|red this their rebellious enterprise.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Some saie he did it, to the intent to séeme inno|cent and faultlesse of his brothers dooings. But other iudge, that he did it, for that contrarie to his promise made to his brother, he was determined to take part with king Edward, with whome (as it shall af|ter appeare) he in small space entered into grace and fauour. The rebels being nothing dismaied with the death of their capteine, but rather the more bent on mischéefe, by faire meanes and craftie persuasions got to them Henrie, sonne to the lord Fitz Hugh, and sir Henrie Neuill sonne and heire to the lord Lati|mer, the one being nephue and the other cousine ger|mane to the erle of Warwike. Although these yoong gentlemen bare the names of capteins, yet they had a gouernour that was sir Iohn Coniers,Sir Iohn Coniers. a man of such courage & valiantnesse, as few were to be found in his daies within the north parts.

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