[1] [2] After that the king had got the vpper hand of his enimies, he remooued to Lincolne,Thanks gi|uen to God after victorie. and there taried thrée dais, causing euerie of the same daies solemne processions to be made in rendering thanks to God for his fortunate victorie. Then caused he execution to be done,Execution vpon the of|fendors. of such rebels & traitors as were taken in the field, either at the battell, or in the chase. And shortlie after he went into Yorkshire, & there coasted the countrie ouerthwart, searching out such as had aided his enimies, and were thought to be seditious persons, whome he punished, some by imprisonment, some by fines, and some by death: according to the qualitie of their offenses, and as was thought most expedient [not by extremitie of rigor inclining to ty|rannie, but by due moderation of iustice tempering execution with clemencie; according to the good rule of iustice prescribed by the wise man, saieng:

Sobria commissum plectat clementia crimen,Gu. Ha. in ec|cle. cap. 10.

Parua neg at poenam culpa subire grauem.]