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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After they saw that they could not get Yorke, bi|cause they wanted ordinance, they determined with all speed to march toward London, intending to raise such a toie in the peoples minds, that they should thinke king Edward neither to be a lawfull prince, nor yet profitable to the common-wealth. King Ed|ward hauing perfect knowledge of all the dooings of the earle of Warwike, and of his brother the duke of Clarence, was by diuerse letters certified of the great armie of the northerne men, with all spéed comming toward London; and therefore in great hast he sent to William lord Herbert,The earle of Penbroke. whom (as yée haue heard) he had created earle of Penbroke; requi|ring him without delaie to raise his power, and in|counter with the northerne men.

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