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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The fourth and fift of Ianuarie did suffer at Durham to the number of thrée score and six, cone|stables and others,Rebelles executed at Durham. amongst whome the alderman of the towne and a priest called parson Plomtrée were the most notable. Then sir george Bowes being made marshall, finding manie to be fautors in the foresaid rebellion, did sée them executed in diuerse places of the countrie.A prentise hanged in London for killing his maister. The one and twentith of Ia|nuarie a prentise of London was hanged on a gibet at the north end of Finch lane in London (to the ex|ample of others) for that he the thirteenth of Decem|ber had striken his maister with a knife whereof he died.

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