[1] Immediatlie within the octaues of the Epithanie, the earle Marshall and Leolin prince of Wales wa|sted and robbed all the marshes betwixt Wales and Shrewsburie,A part of the towne of Shrewsburie burnt. Polydor. a part of which towne they also burnt. King Henrie being hereof certified as yet soiour|ning at Glocester, was sore troubled in his mind, and calling togither his councell, asked aduise what waie he might best take to redresse such iniuries. Af|ter sundrie opinions amongst them declared, they a|greed all in one sentence, that it should be most expe|dient to appease the minds of the rebels with gentle offers, to grant them pardon of their offenses, wise|lie to winne them to tractablenesse, and not rough|lie afflicting them to exasperat their fiersenesse, sith,

—saepe acri potior prudentia dextra.