Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 After he had made an end of his proclamation, in maner all the multitude cried, God saue the king. And manie of them falling downe vpon their knées, EEBO page image 1032 could not forbeare with teares gushing from their eies, but commend the kings great and vnspeak|able mercie thus freelie offered vnto them, which vn|doubtedlie they had at that time all of them recei|ued, if the wicked speech of some of the rascall sort, and namelie the traitorous persuasions of that wic|ked caitife Ket himselfe, had not staied them from their dutifull inclinations. But after that Ket had with lowd voice before declared, that kings & prin|ces were accustomed to grant pardons to such as are offendors, and not to others; he trusted that he néeded not anie pardon, sith he had doone nothing but that belonged to the dutie of a true subiect: and here|with he besought them not to forsake him, but to re|member his promise, sith he was readie to spend his life in the quarell. The herald herevpon called him traitor, and commanded Iohn Petibone the swordbearer of Norwich to attach him for treason. Then began a great hurlie burlie among the multi|tude, so that the herald, perceiuing they began to shrinke from their former purpose of receiuing the kings pardon, departed from them with these words; All ye that be the kings friends, come awaie with me. The maior & maister Alderich, with a great num|ber of other gentlemen & honest yeomen that were readie to obeie the kings commandement, followed him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The maior being thus returned to the citie, caused the gates to be shut,The citizens fauouring the rebels. and such gentlemen as had béen committed to prison within the castell, or other pla|ces in the citie, he caused to be set at libertie, & with their aduise tooke order how the rebelles might be kept out. But as he was busie about such matters, certeine of the citizens that fauored the rebelles had receiued a great multitude of them into the citie, which did put the citizens in such feare, that it was thought the most suretie for the gentlemen that had beene now released out of prison, to be shut vp a|gaine, least the rebelles finding them abroad, should haue murthered them. Yet after this, when the re|bels were departed out of the citie againe, the ma|ior & aldermen fell in hand to rampire vp the gates, to plant ordinance, and to make all necessarie proui|sion that for them was possible.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 At length they fell to shooting off their artillerie as well from the citie as from the campe, dooing their best to annoie ech other. But when the rebelles saw that they did little hurt to the citie with their great ordinance lieng vpon the hill, they remoued the same downe to the foot of the same hill, and from thense be|gan to beat the walles. Notwithstanding, shortlie after they made sute for a truce to indure for a time, that they might passe to and fro through the citie, to fetch in vittels, whereof some want began to pinch them in the campe. The maior and aldermen flatlie denied their request, protesting that they would not permit anie traitors to haue passage through their citie.