Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke had meant at first to haue rid awaie (as I haue credible heard) if promise had béene kept by one of his seruants, appointed to come to him to be his guide; but when he either feining himselfe sicke, or being sloke in déed, came not, the duke was con|streined to remaine in the parke there at Astleie, ho|ping yet to get awaie after that the search had béene passed ouer, and the countrie once in quiet. Howso|euer it was, there he was taken, as is said, togither with his brother the lord Iohn Greie; but his bro|ther the lord Thomas got awaie in deed at that time,The lord Iohn Greie taken. meaning to haue fled into Wales, & there to haue got to the sea side, so to transport himselfe ouer into France, or into some other forren part. But in the borders of Wales he was likewise apprehended through his great mishap, and follie of his man that had forgot his capcase with monie behind him in his chamber one morning at his inne; and comming for it againe, vpon examination what he should be, it was mistrusted that his maister should be some such man, as he was in déed, and so was staied, ta|ken,The lord Thomas Greie taken. and brought vp to London, where he suffered; as after shall appeare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 But now to returne vnto sir Thomas Wiat. Af|ter that the Londoners were reuolted to him, as be|fore ye haue heard; the next daie being tuesdaie the thirtith of Ianuarie, he marched foorth with his bands, and six péeces of ordinance (which they had gotten of the quéenes) besides their owne. And first they came to Cowling castell,Cowling ca|stell. an hold of the lord Cobhams, foure miles distant from Rochester, and not much out of the waie towards London, whither they were now fullie determined to go, in hope of friends which they trusted to find within and about the citie. At their comming to Cowling, knowing that the lord Cobham was within the castell, they bent their ordinance against the gate, breaking it with sundrie shots, and burning it vp with [...]er, made a waie through it.The lord Cobham. The said lord Cobham defended the place as stoutlie as he might, hauing but a few against so great a number, and so little store of mu|nition for his defense: he himselfe yet discharged his gun at such as approched the gate right hardilie, and in that assault two of his men were slaine. After this assault, and talke had with the lord Cobham, sir Thomas Wiat marched to Grauesend, where he rested that night.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The next daie he came to Dartford with his bands, and laie there that night, whither came to him sir Edward Hastings maister of the quéenes horsse, and sir Thomas Cornwallis knights, both being of the quéenes priuie councell, and now sent from hir vn|to sir Thomas Wiat, to vnderstand the cause of his commotion. When he vnderstood they were come, he tooke with him certeine of his band to the west end of the towne, where he had lodged his ordinance. And at the lighting downe of sir Edward Hastings and his associat, sir Thomas Wiat hauing a parti|san in his hand, aduancing himselfe somewhat afore such gentlemen as were with him, traced neere them: EEBO page image 1096 to whome the maister of the horsse spake in substance as followeth.

The quéenes maiestie requireth to vn|derstand the verie cause wherefore you haue thus ga|thered togither in armes hir liege people, which is the part of a traitor, and yet in your proclamations and persuasions, you call your selfe a true subiect, which can not stand togither I am no traitor quoth Wi|at, and the cause wherefore I haue gathered the peo|ple, is to defend the realme from danger of being ouerrun with strangers, which must follow, this ma|riage taking place.