[1] [2] [3] Sir Thomas Persie earle of Worcester, lord [page 500] steward of the kings house,The earle of Worcester leaueth the K. and fléeth to the duke. either being so com|manded by the king, or else vpon displeasure (as some write) for that the king had proclaimed his brother the earle of Northumberland traitor, brake his white staffe, which is the representing signe and token of his office, and without delaie went to duke Henrie. When the kings seruants of houshold saw this (for it was doone before them all) they dispersed themsel|ues, some into one countrie, and some into an other. When the duke of Lancaster vnderstood that king Richard was returned foorth of Ireland, he left the duke of Yorke still at Bristow, and came backe with his power vnto Berkleie; the second daie he came to Glocester, and so to Roos, after to Hereford, where came to him the bishop of Hereford, and sir Edmund Mortimer knight. On the sundaie following, he went to Limster, and there the lord Charleton came to him. From thence he went to Ludlow, and the next daie to Shrewsburie, where he rested one daie, and thither came to him sir Robert Leigh,Where for|tune fauou|reth, thither the peoples fauour fléeth. and sir Iohn Leigh, and manie other being sent from Che|ster, to treat with the duke of Lancaster, for the citie and countie of Chester, that were now readie to sub|mit themselues vnto him in all things.