[1] Herevpon prince Edward now to be reuenged of them, after they began to flie, most egerlie following them, chased & slue them by heaps. But whilest he se|parated himselfe by such earnest following of the Londoners too farre from the residue of the kings armie, he was the onelie cause of the losse of that field: for the earle of Leicester, perceiuing that the prince with the chiefest force of the kings armie was thus gone after the Londoners (of whom he made no great account) he exhorted his people to shew their valiancie at that instant, and so comming vpon his aduersaries with great courage,The kings part put to the worse. Matt. Westm. Nic. Triuer. in a moment put them to flight. There were taken the king of Almaine, the lords Iohn de Burgh and Philip Bas|set with all other the chiefest that were about the king, but the king himselfe retired with those few a|bout him that were left, into the priorie of Lewes, and other there were that withdrew into the castell. The barons pursuing them, entered the towne, and tooke or slue so manie as they found within the castell and priorie. At length, prince Edward returned from the chase of the Londoners, whom he had pursued for the space of foure miles, and finding the field lost, be|gan a new battell: Matth. Paris. but the earle of Surrie, Wil|liam de Valence, and Guy de Lucignan, with Hugh Bigod and others,Seuen hun|dred hath A|bington. Prince Ed|ward com|meth backe to his father. hauing with them thrée hundred armed men, streightwaies fled vnto the castell of Pemsie. Prince Edward then perceiuing slaughter to be made on each hand, cast about the towne, and with his companie got into the priorie to his father.