[1] [2] [3] Now she, hauing in hir companie the prince hir sonne the dukes of Excester and Summerset, the earle of Deuonshire, the lord Clifford, the lord Ros, and in effect all the lords of the north parts, with eightéene thousand men, or (as some write) two and twentie thousand, marched from Yorke to Wake|field, and bad base to the duke, euen before his castell gates. He hauing with him not fullie fiue thousand persons, contrarie to the minds of his faithfull coun|cellors would needs issue foorth to fight with his eni|mies. The duke of Summerset and the quéenes part, casting vpon their most aduantage, appointed the lord Clifford to lie in one stale, and the earle of Wil|shire in another, and the duke with other to kéepe the maine battell. The duke of Yorke with his people des|cended downe the hill in good order and arraie, and was suffered to passe on towards the maine bat|tell.