Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now as the duke went forward on his waie (with his commission from the whole councell,Much a do on all sides du|ring this stir broched be|twéene the duke and the ladie Marie. and his warrant vnder the broad seale of England, without mistrust of that which after fortuned to his owne de|struction, as in the historie of quéene Marie shall ap|peare, accompanied with no small number of lords and gentlemen, hauing notwithstanding his times prescribed, and his iourneies appointed by the coun|cell, to the intent he would not seeme to doo any thing but vpon warrant) what a doo there was, what stir|ring on euerie side, what sending, what riding and posting, what letters, messages, & instructions went to and fro, what talking among the souldiers, what hartburning among the people, what faire pretenses outwardlie, inwardlie what priuie practises there were, what speeding and sending foorth ordinance out of the tower, yea euen the same daie that quéene Marie at euen was proclaimed quéene, what ru|mors, and comming downe of souldiers as there was from all quarters, a world it was to see, and a processe to declare, enough to make (as saith master Fox) a whole volume, euen as big as an Ilias.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The greatest helpe that made for the ladie Marie, was the short iourneies of the duke, which by com|mission were assigned vnto him before, as aboue is mentioned: and happilie not without the politike forecast of some in fauour of the ladie Marie: for the longer the duke lingered in his voiage,The old pro|uerbe ver [...]fied Delaie brée|deth danger. the ladie ma|rie the more increased in puissance, the hearts of the people being mightilie bent vnto hir. Whervpon she in the meane time remaining at Fremingham, and hearing of this preparation against hir, gathered to|gither such power of the noblemen & other hir fréends in that countrie, as she could get. And first of all, the noblemen that came vnto hir aid, were the earles of Sussex, Bath, and Oxford, the lord Wentworth, sir Thomas Cornewallis, sir Henrie Ierningham, sir William Walgraue, with diuerse other gentlemen and commons of the counties of Norffolke and Suf|folke. Here (as master Fox noteth) the Suffolke men being the first that resorted to hir,Suffolke men the first that resorted to the ladie Marie. promised hir their aid and helpe to the vttermost of their powers, so that she would not go about to alter the religion which hir brother had established, and was now vsed and exercised through the realme. To this condition she agréed, with such promise, as no man would haue doubted that anie innouation of matters in religi|on should haue followed, by hir sufferance or pro|curement during hir reigne: but how soone shée forgat that promise, it shall shortlie after plainelie appeare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this meane season, the lord Windsor,Assistants to the ladie Marie. sir Ed|mund Peckham, sir Robert Drurie, and sir Edward Hastings, raised the commoners of the shire of Buckingham; vnto whome sir Iohn Williams, which afterward was lord Williams of Thame, EEBO page image 1087 and sir Leonard Chamberleine, with the cheefe pow|er of Oxfordshire. And out of Northamptonshire came sir Thomas Tresham, and a great number of gentlemen out of diuerse parts, whose names were too long to rehearse. These capteins with their com|panies being thus assembled in warlike manner, marched forward towards Norffolke to the aid of the ladie Marie, and the further they went, the more their power increased.