Compare 1577 edition: 1 The prince that daie holpe his father like a lustie yoong gentleman: Hall. The valiance of the yoong prince. for although he was hurt in the face with an arrow, so that diuerse noble men that were about him, would haue conueied him foorth of the field, yet he would not suffer them so to doo, least his departure from amongst his men might happilie haue striken some feare into their harts: and so with|out regard of his hurt, he continued with his men, & neuer ceassed, either to fight where the battell was most hot, or to incourage his men where it séemed most néed. This battell lasted thrée long houres,A sore battell & well main|teined. with indifferent fortune on both parts, till at length, the king crieng saint George victorie, brake the arraie of his enimies, and aduentured so farre, that (as some write) the earle Dowglas strake him downe,The valiant dooings of the earle Dow|glas. & at that instant slue sir Walter Blunt, and thrée other, apparelled in the kings sute and clothing, saieng: I maruell to sée so many kings thus suddenlie arise one in the necke of an other. The king in deed was raised, & did that daie manie a noble feat of armes, for as it is written, he slue that daie with his owne hands six and thirtie persons of his enimies.

The high manhood of the king.

The lord Persie slaine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 There was also taken the earle of Worcester,The earle of Worcester taken. the procuror and setter foorth of all this mischéefe, sir Ri|chard Uernon, and the baron of Kinderton, with di|uerse other. There were slaine vpon the kings part, beside the earle of Stafford,Knights slaine on the kings part. to the number of ten knights, sir Hugh Shorlie, sir Iohn Clifton, sir Iohn Cokaine, sir Nicholas Gausell, sir Walter Blunt, sir Iohn Caluerleie, sir Iohn Massie of Podington, sir Hugh Mortimer, and sir Robert Gausell, all the which receiued the same morning the order of knight|hood: sir Thomas Wendesleie was wounded to death, and so passed out of this life shortlie after. There died in all vpon the kings side sixteene hundred, and foure thousand were gréeuouslie wounded. On the contrarie side were slaine, besides the lord Persie, the most part of the knights and esquiers of the countie of Chester, to the number of two hundred,The slaugh|ter of Cheshire men at this battell. besides yeomen and footmen, in all there died of those that fought on the Persies side, about fiue thousand. This battell was fought on Marie Magdalene euen, be|ing saturdaie. Upon the mondaie folowing,The earle of Worcester and others behea|ded. the earle of Worcester, the baron of Kinderton, and sir Ri|chard Uernon knights, were condemned and behea|ded. EEBO page image 524 The earles head was sent to London, there to be set on the bridge.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earle of Northumberland was now mar|ching forward with great power, which he had got thither, either to aid his sonne and brother (as was thought) or at the least towards the king, to procure a peace: but the earle of Westmerland, and sir Ro|bert Waterton knight,The earle of Westmerland raiseth a pow|er against the earle of Nor|thumberland. had got an armie on foot, and meant to meet him. The earle of Northumberland, taking neither of them to be his freend, turned sud|denlie backe, and withdrew himselfe into Warke|woorth castell. The king hauing set a staie in things about Shrewesburie, went straight to Yorke, from whence he wrote to the earle of Northumberland,The king goeth to Yorke. willing him to dismisse his companies that he had with him, and to come vnto him in peaceable wise. The earle vpon receipt of the kings letters came vn|to him the morow after saint Laurence daie,The earle of Northumber|land commeth to the king. hauing but a few of his seruants to attend him, and so excu|sed himselfe, that the king (bicause the earle had Ber|wike in his possession, and further, had his castels of Alnewike, Warkewoorth, and other, fortified with Scots) dissembled the matter, gaue him faire words, and suffered him (as saith Hall) to depart home, al|though by other it should séeme, that he was commit|ted for a time to safe custodie.