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Compare 1577 edition: 1 When king Edward had thus gotten into the ci|tie of Yorke, he made such meanes among the citi|zens, that he got of them a certeine summe of mo|nie; and leauing a garison within the citie contrarie to his oth, for feare least the citizens after his depar|ture, might happilie mooue some rebellion against him, he set forward the next day toward Todcaster, a towne ten miles from thence, belonging to the earle of Northumberland. The next day he tooke his waie toward Wakefield and Sendall, a castell and lordship belonging to the inheritance of the dukes of Yorke,The marques Montacute suffereth king Edward to passe by him. leauing the castell of Pomfret vpon his left hand, where the marques Montacute with his armie laie, and did not once offer to stop him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Whether the marques suffered him to passe by so, with his good will or no, diuerse haue diuerslie con|iectured. Some thinke that it lay not in the power of the marques greatlie to annoie him, both for that the king was well beloued in those parties; & againe, all the lords & commons there for the most part were to|wards the earle of Northumberland, and without him or his commandement they were not willing to stirre. And therefore the earle in sitting still and not moouing to and fro, was thought to doo king Edward as good seruice as if he had come to him, and raised people to assist him; for diuerse happilie that should haue come with him, remembring displeasures past, would not haue béene so faithfull as the earle him|selfe, if it had come to the iumpe of anie hazard of battell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About Wakefield and the parts there adioining, some companie of his freends came to him, whereby his power was increased; but nothing in such num|bers as he looked for. From Wakefield he crossed on the left hand, so to come againe into the high waie, and came to Doncaster,K. Edward commeth to Northamptõ and from thence vnto No|tingham. Here came to him sir William Parre, and sir Iames Harrington, with six hundred men well armed and appointed: also there came to him sir Tho|mas Burgh, Edw. Hall. & sir Thomas Montgomerie with their aids, which caused him at their first comming to make proclamation in his owne name, to wit, of K. Edward the fourth, boldlie affirming to him, that they would serue no man but a king.

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