Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But such was the valiancie of the gentlemen and soldiers, which were there with the lord marquesse, that in the end the enimies which were alreadie ente|red the citie,The rebels beaten backe. were beaten out againe, and driuen backe to their accustomed kennell holes with losse of thrée hundred of their numbers. They within the towne hauing thus repelled the enimies, & accoun|ting themselues in more safetie than before, for the rest of the night that yet remained, which was not much, they gaue themselues to refresh their wearied bodies with some sléepe. The next daie, the lord mar|quesse was informed by some of the citizens, that there were no small number in Kets campe that would gladlie come from him, if they might be sure of their pardon; and that at Pockethorpe gate there were foure or fiue thousand, that wished for nothing more than for pardon: and that if the same were of|fered them, there were no doubt (as they beléeued) but that they would submit themselues to the kings mercie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The marquesse was glad to vnderstand so much, & incontinentlie dispatched Norreie king at armes, with a trumpetter, to assure them on the kings be|halfe, that they should be pardoned for all offenses past, and that had beene committed in time of this rebellion, if they would laie armes aside. Norreie and the trumpet comming to the gate, found not a man there: but the trumpetter sounding his trum|pet, there came running downe from the hill a great multitude of their people, & amongst other as chiefe, one Flotman,Flotman. whome Norreie commanded to staie. Wherevpon the said Flotman asked him what was the matter, and wherefore he had called them togi|ther by sound of trumpet?Pardon offe|red to the re|bels.

Go thy waies (said he) & tell thy companie from my lord marquesse of North|hampton, the kings maiesties lieutenant, that he commandeth them to ceasse from committing anie further outrage: and if they will (saith he) obeie his commandement, all that is past, shall be forgiuen and pardoned.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Flotman hauing heard Norreies declaration, as he was an outragious and busie fellow, presumptu|ouslie made answer, that he cared not a pins point for my lord marquesse, and withall, like a rebellious traitor, railed vpon his lordship, and mainteined,Flotmans presumptu|ous and n [...]|torous alleg [...]|tions. that he and the rest of the rebels were earnest defen|dors of the kings roiall maiestie, and that they had taken weapon in hand not against the king, but in his defense, as in time it should appeare, as they that sought nothing but to mainteine his maiesties roi|all estate, the libertie of their countrie, and the safe|tie of their commonwealth, &c. To conclude, he vt|terlie refused the kings pardon, and told Norreie certeinelie, that they would either restore the com|mon-wealth from decaie, into the which it was fal|len, being oppressed thorough the couetousnesse and tyrannie of the gentlemen; either else would they like men die in the quarrell.