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the kings brother the earle of Corne|wall married the countesse of Glocester,The earle of
Cornewall marrieth the countesse of Glocester. widow to the late earle Gilbert, and sister to
William Mar|shall earle of Penbroke, the which erle of Penbroke shortlie after the same marriage departed
this life, and was buried on the fifteenth day of Aprill,
The earle of Penbroke de|parted this life.
Polydor. Leolin prince of Wales in|uadeth the English bor|ders.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Welshmen hauing intelligence that the king was returned home, brake foorth againe as before in|to EEBO page image 214 to the English marshes, and not onelie tooke preies and booties, but went about to destroie with fire and sword all that stood in their way. Howbe it in their re|turne, and as they ranged abroad somewhat vnadui|sedlie, they were intrapped by the souldiers which the king had left there for the defense of the countrie, and put to flight néere the castell of Mountgomerie, with great slaughter & losse of their people.The Welsh|men put to flight. But Leolin no|thing dismaied therwith, assembled a greater power than he had before, and began foorthwith to rob and spoile within the English marshes with paganish extremitie. Which thing when it came to the vnder|standing of the king, he was verie sore displeased, that so meane a man as Leolin was, should put him to so much trouble, therefore he raised a farre greater armie than he had doone at anie time before,The king go|eth against the Welshmen. Matt. Paris. and with the same came to the citie of Hereford.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the meane time Leolin comming néere vnto the said castell of Mountgomerie, by the practise of a traitorous moonke,The English men distressed. trained foorth the English souldi|ers which laie in garrison there, and counterfeiting to flee, till he had laid them vp in bogs and mires with their horsses, so as they could not helpe them|selues he fell vpon them, and so slue and tooke a great number of them euen as he could haue wished. The king aduertised hereof, hasted the faster forward, and comming into those parts, as he passed by an abbeie of the Ciffeaux order (of which house the moonke was that had betraied the Englishmen of Mountgome|rie) he burned a grange that belonged to the same abbeie, and further spoiling the same abbeie it selfe, he had set it on a light fire also, if the abbat therof had not redéemed it with the summe of thrée hundred marks of siluer. After this, he caused Mawds ca|stell to be repaired and fortified,Mawds ca|stell repaired. which the Welshmen in times past had ouerthrowne, and when the worke was finished, he left there a strong garrison of soul|diers to kéepe backe the Welshmen from making their accustomed incursions.