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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When he had perfect knowledge where the earle with his armie was soiourning, he hauing continu|all repaire of his subiects to him, began incontinent|lie without delaie to marshall and put in order his battels (like a valiant capteine and politike leder) and first he made his battels to set forward,The ordering of king Ri|chards arm [...]. fiue and fiue in a ranke, marching toward that way where his e|nimies (as was to him reported) intended to passe. In the middle part of the armie, he appointed the traffike and cariage perteining to the armie. Then he (inuironed with his gard) with a frowning coun|tenance and cruell visage, mounted on a great white courser, and followed with his footmen, the wings of horssemen coasting and ranging on euerie side: and keeping this arraie, he with great pompe entered the towne of Leicester after the sunne set [full of in|dignation & malice, which vttered it selfe from the in|ward hart by the mouth, out of which flowed speaches of horrible heate, tempered with cruell threatnings, equall to his of whome it was thus said long ago:

Horrebant saeuis omnia verba minis.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The earle of Richmond raised his campe,The earle of Richmond re|moueth his power to Tamworth. and de|parted from Lichfield to the towne of Tamworth thereto néere adioining, and in the mid way passing, there saluted him sir Walter Hungerford, and sir Thomas Bourchier knights, and diuerse other which yeelded and submitted themselues to his pleasure. For they, being aduertised that king Richard had them in suspicion and gelousie, a little beyond stonie Stratford left and forsooke priuilie their capteine Ro|bert Brakenberie; and wandering by night, and in maner by vnknowne paths, and vncerteine waies searching, at the last came to earle Henrie. Diuerse other noble personages, which inwardlie hated king Richard woorse than a tode or a serpent, did likewise resort to him with all their power and strength, wi|shing and working his destruction, who otherwise would haue béene the instrument of their casting away.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 There happened in this progression to the earle of Richmond a strange chance worthie to be noted.A strange chance that happened to the earle of Richmond. For albeit he was a man of valiant courage, & that his armie increased, and dailie more and more he waxed mightier and stronger; yet he was not a litle afeard, bicause he could in no wise be assured of his father in law Thomas lord Stanleie, which for feare of the de|struction of the lord Strange his sonne (as you haue heard) as yet inclined to neither partie. For if he had gone to the earle, and that notified to king Richard, his sonne had béene shortlie executed. Wherefore he accompanied with twentie light horssemen lingered in his iournie, as a man musing & imagining what was best to be doone. And the more to aggrauate his pensiuenesse, it was shewed him, that king Richard was at hand with a strong power & a great armie.

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