Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Bernards ca|stell besieged and defended.The thrée and twentith of Nouember, they besie|ged Bernards castell, which castell was valiantlie defended by sir George Bowes, and Robert Bowes his brother, the space of eleuen daies, and then deli|uered with composition to depart with armor, mu|nition, bag and baggage. In which time the quéens maiestie caused the said earles of Northumberland & Westmerland to be proclamed traitors,The earles [...]roclamed traitors. with all their adherents and fauourers, the foure and twen|tith of Nouember. The lord Scroope warden of the west marches, calling vnto him the earle of Cumberland and other gentlemen of the countrie, kept the citie of Carleill. The earle of Sussex the quéens lieutenant generall in the north,The earle of Sussex went against the rebels. published there the like proclamations (in effect) as had beene published by hir maiestie against the said rebels, and also sent out to all such gentlemen as he knew to be hir maiestes louing subiects vnder his rule, who came vnto him with such numbers of their friends, as he was able in fiue daies to make aboue fiue thousand horssemen and footmen. And so being ac|companied with the erle of Rutland his lieutenant, the lord Hunsdon generall of the horssemen, sir Rafe Sadler treasuror, the lord William Euers,The earle of Rutland and the lord Huns|don, with o|thers against the rebels. that was after appointed to lead the reareward, and diuerse other, that with their tenants and seruants were come to him, remaining as then within the ci|tie of Yorke: he set forward from thense the fift of December being sundaie, and marched with his power which he had thus got togither towards the enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Sir George Bowes hauing surrendred Bernards castell (as before ye haue heard) met the earle of Sussex thus marching forward with his armie at Sisaie, from whence they kept forward to Northal|lerton: and resting two nights there, they marched on to Croftbridge, then to Akle, and so to Durham, and after to Newcastell. And the twentith of De|cember they came to Heram, from whence the re|bels were gone the night before to Naworth, where they counselled with Edward Dacres concerning their owne weakenesse,The rebels and Edward Dacres con|sult about their weake|nesse. & also how they were not on|lie pursued by the earle of Sussex & others with him, hauing a power with them of seuen thousand men, being almost at their héeles; but also by the earle of Warwike, and the lord Clinton, high admerall of England with a far greater armie of twelue thou|sand men, raised by the queens maiesties commissi|oners out of the south and middle parts of the relme. In which armie beside the earle of Warwike,The earle of Warwike and the lord adme|rall Clinton, sent against the rebels. & the lord admerall, chéefe gouernors in the same, there was also Walter Deuereux vicount Hereford high marshall of the field, with the lord Willoughbie of Perham, maister Charles Howard, now lord Ho|ward of Effingham, generall of the horssemen vn|der the earle of Warwike, yoong Henrie Knols el|dest sonne to sir Francis Knols, his lieutenant, Edward Horseie capteine of the ile of Wight, with fiue hundred harquebusiers out of the same Ile, and capteine Leighton with other fiue hundred harque|busiers Londoners, and manie other worthie gen|tlemen and valiant capteins.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The comming forward of these forces caused the rebels so much to quaile in courage, that they durst not abide to trie the matter with dint of sword.The rebels dare not stand to the triall of battell. For whereas the earle of Warwike, and the lord adme|rall, being aduanced forward to Darington, ment the next daie to haue sent Robert Glouer then Port|culeis, and now Summerset herald (who in his iour|neie attended on the lord admerall, as Norreie king of armes did vpon the earle of Warwike) vnto the rebels, vpon such message as for the time and state of things was thought conuenient: the same night aduertisements came from the earle of Sussex vnto the earle of Warwike, and to the lord admerall, that the two earles of Northumberland and Westmer|land were fled, as the truth was they were indéed, first from Durham, whither the said Glouer should haue béene sent vnto them:The earles of Northumber|land & West|merland flie into Scot|land. and now vpon the earle of Sussex his comming vnto Exham, they shranke quite awaie, and fled into Scotland, without bidding their companie farewell. The earle of Warwike and his power marched on to Durham. But the earle of Sussex pursuing those other rebels that had EEBO page image 1213 not meane to flée out of the realme, apprehended no small number of them at his pleasure, without find|ing anie resistance among them at all.