Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king hearing of this riot [...]us act, and being informed that Peter de Mountfort was at Nor|thampton, assembling people to strengthen the ba|rons part, he got togither such men of warre as he could from all places, and so he had with him his bro|ther Richard king of Almaine, his eldest sonne the lord Edward,The lords that follow [...] the king. William de Ualence his halfe bro|ther on the mothers side, & Iohn Comin of Ward in Scotland with a great number of Scots, Iohn Bal|lioll lord of Gallowaie, Robert Bruis lord of An|nandale, Roger Clifford, Philip Marmion, Iohn Uaux, Iohn Leiborne, Henrie Percie, Philip Bas|set, and Roger Mortimer.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thus the king hauing these Noble men about him,Northampt [...] taken by [...]. with his armie sped him towards Northamp|ton, and comming thither tooke the towne by force, [...]ue diuerse, and tooke prisoners Peter Mountfort, and Simon Mountfort the earle of Leicesters son, William Ferries, Baldwin Wake, with Nicholas his brother, Berengarius de Wateruile, Hugh Gubiun, Robert Buteuilein, Adam of Newmarch, Robert Newton, Philip Dribie, Grimbald Paunce|f [...]et, Roger Beltram, Thomas Mansell, and diuerse other, to the number of 80 knights (or as Matthew Westminster hath 15 barons, and 60 knights) besides a great number of esquires and burgesses, the which were bestowed abroad in sundrie prisons. The towne (as some write) was taken by this meanes. Whilest diuerse of the capteins within were talking with the king on the one side of the towne towards the me|dowes, the lord Philip Basset approched the walles néere vnto the monasterie of S. Andrew, and there with his people hauing spades, mattocks, and other instruments prouided for the purpose, vndermined a EEBO page image 267 great paine of the wall, and reuersed the same into ditches, making such a breach, that fortie horssemen might enter afront. Some put the blame in such moonks of the abbeie as were strangers, as though they should prepare this entrie for the enimie: but howsoeuer it was, the king got the towne out of his enimies hands.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This also is to be remembred, that where by rea|son of variance, which had chanced that yere betwixt the scholers of Oxford and the townesmen, a great number of the same scholers were withdrawen to Northampton and there studied.Scholers fight against the king. They had raised a banner to fight in defense of the towne against the king, and did more hurt to the assailants than anie other band; wherevpon the king threatned to hang them all, and so had he doone indéed, if by the persua|sion of his councell he had not altered his purpose, doubting to procure the hatred of their fréends, if the execution should haue béene so rigorouslie prosecuted against them: for there were amongst them manie yoong gentlemen of good houses and noble paren|tage. Thus was the towne of Northampton taken on a saturdaie being Passion sundaie euen, and the morrow after the daie of S. Ambrose which is the fift of Aprill. On the monday following, the king led his armie towards Leicester, where the burgesses recei|ued him into the towne at his comming thither. From thence he marched to Notingham, burning and wasting the houses and manors of the barons and other of his enimies, and speciallie those that be|longed to the earle of Leicester. Here he also gathe|red more people,Some write that Iohn de Balioll and Robert de Bruis, and Peter de Bruis, came to him here and not before Matt. West. The castell of Turburie de|faced. and so increased his power: in so|much that diuerse Noblemen, as Roger Clifford, Henrie Percie, Richard Gray, Philip Basset, Ri|chard Sward, and Hubert earle of Kent, doubting the lacke of power in their companions, reuolted in|continentlie to the kings side.