[1] [2] On the sixtenth of Maie, king Edward set foorth of Couentrie towards London. But here ye haue to vnderstand, that when the bastard could not be recei|ued into the citie, neither by gentle persuasions, nor gréeuous threatnings, he made semblance to passe o|uer the Thames at Kingston bridge, ten miles from London, and thitherwards he drew with his whole power by land,The bastards purpose to spoile the suburbs of London. leauing his ships afore saint Katha|rines and thereabouts. His pretense was, to spoile and destroie Westminster, and the suburbs of the citie on that side, and after to assault the citie it selfe, to trie if he might enter by force, and so to be reuen|ged of the citizens that had refused to receiue him. [Notwithstanding all which stirring of coles & proud port, with hautinesse of hart & violence of hand thin|king to beare downe the people, as an innudation or flowing of water streams dooth all before it: yet he came short of his purpose, & pulled vpon his owne pate finall destruction: though he thought himselfe a man ordeined to glorie, & was tickled with the like flatring persuasion that one had in his hart, who said:

Magnum iter ascendo, sed dat mihi gloria vires.Prop. lib. 4. ]