Compare 1577 edition: 1 The shamefull spoile which they there made was wonderfull, and yet the zeale of iustice, truth, and vp|right dealing which they would seeme to shew, was as nice and strange on the other part, speciallie in such kind of misgouerned people: for in that spoiling of the dukes house, all the iewels, plate, and other rich and sumptuous furniture which they there found in great plentie they would not that any man should fare the better by it of a mite, but threw all into the fire,Strange dea|ling of the re|bels. so to be consumed; and such things as the fire could not altogither destroie, as plate and iewels, they brake and crashed in péeces, throwing the same into the Thames. One of them hauing thrust a faire siluer peece into his bosome, meaning to conueie it awaie, was espied of his fellowes, who tooke him, and cast both him and the péece into the fire; saieng they might not suffer any such thing, sith they professed themselues to be zealous of truth and iustice,The iustice of the rebels. and not théeues nor robbers.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There were 32 of them, that being gotten into the celler of the Sauoie, where the dukes wines laie, dranke so much of such swéete wine as they found there, that they were not able to come foorth, but with stones & wood that fell downe as the house bur|ned, they were closed in, so that out they could not get. They laie there showting & crieng seuen daies togither, and were heard of manie, but none came to helpe them, and so finallie they perished. Now af|ter that these wicked people had thus destroied the duke of Lancasters house, and done what they could deuise to his reproch;The lawiers lodgings in the temple burnt by the rebels. they went to the temple, and burnt the men of lawes lodgings, with their bookes, writings, and all that they might lay hand vpon. Also the house of saint Iohns by Smithfield they set on fire, so that it burned for the space of seuen daies to|gither. On Friday a great number of them, estée|med to 20 thousand, went to the manor of Heiburie that belonged vnto the lord of saint Iohns, and set|ting fire on it, sought vtterlie to destroie the whole buildings about it.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 They were now diuided into thrée parts, one vn|der the leading of Iacke Straw, tooke in hand to ru|inate that house, and an other number of them lay on mile end greene, and the third companie kept vpon the tower hill, and would not suffer anie vittels to be conueied into the tower, where the king at that time was lodged, and was put in such feare by those rude people, that he suffered them to enter into the tower,The lord chã|cellor and the lord trea [...]uror drawne out of the tower and put to death by the rebels. where they sought so narowlie for the lord chancelor, that finding him in the chappell, they drew him foorth togither with the lord treasuror, and on the tower hill without reuerence of their estates and degrees, with great noise and fell cries, they stroke off their heads. There were also beheaded at the same time by those rude people, one of the kings seruants that was a sergeant at armes called Iohn Leg, who had vsed himselfe somewhat extremelie in gathering vp of the pole monie, as by one writer it appeareth. Also to make vp the messe, Thom. Wals. they beheaded a Francis|cane Frier, whom they had taken there at the same time, for malice of the duke of Lancaster, bicause he was verie familiar with him. ¶ Some write that this frier was confessor, and other say that he was physician to the king; but what soeuer he was, the commons chopped off his head, to beare the other companie, not sparing for anie respect that might be alledged in any of their behalfes.