[1] This Perkyn Warbecke did vſe the matter in ſuche ſubtill wyſe, that King Iames eyther gyuing, or ſeeming to gyue credite to his words, after aduiſe and deliberation had and taken wyth hys Counſell, receyued him in honourable wyſe, naming and reputing him Duke of Yorke,

Perkyn War|becke marieth the Earle of Huntleyes daughter.

1495

King Iames inuadeth Nor+thumberland.

1495

and therefore promiſed him to ayde him in all that he myght, and ſhortlye after, hee maryed hym to his neare kynneſwoman the Ladie Katheryn, daughter to the Earle of Huntley, and moreouer, rayſed a great armie, ſpecially of the borderers, and with the ſame hauing this pretenſed Duke in companie wyth him, inuaded England, burnt townes, ſpoyled houſes, tooke great booties and [figure appears here on page 410] riche prayes both of goodes and priſoners, and al|lected with the ſweetneſſe of ſuch ſpoyle and gain, waſted al the Countrey of Northumberland, and had gone further, but that he coulde perceyue no ayde comming in vnto this new found Duke, cõ|trarie to ſuche golden promiſes as he had made, that aſſoone as they were entred into Englande, there would flocke vnto him both of the nobilitie and commons, and that in great numbers.