[1] [2] When the daie of appointment came, which was the daie of saint Wolstane, sir Guie de Buttler, and the burgesses, deliuered the keies of the citie and ca|stell vnto the king of England, beséeching him of fa|uour and compassion. The king incontinentlie ap|pointed the duke of Excester, with a great companie to take possession of the citie, who like a valiant cap|teine mounted on a goodlie courser first entered into the citie, and after into the castell. The next daie being fridaie, the king in great triumph like a conquerour, accompanied with foure dukes, ten earles, eight bi|shops, sixtéene barons, and a great multitude of knights, esquiers, and men of warre entered into Rone, where he was receiued by the cleargie, with two and fourtie crosses; and then met him the senat, and the burgesses of the towne, offering to him di|uerse faire and costlie presents.