MarginaliaThe Earle of Warwyke refuseth to be reconciled.Thē was it agreed betwene þ^e iij. brethrē to attempt the earle of Warwicke, if he likewise woulde be reconciled. But he crying out shame vppon the Duke of Clarence, stoode at vtter defiance. MarginaliaK. Edward commeth to London.From thence kyng Edward so strongly furnished, and daylye encreasyng, taketh hys way to London. Where, after it was knowen that the Duke of Clarence was come to hys brethren, much feare fell vpon the Londoners, casting with them selues what was best to do. The sodaynnes of tyme permitted no long consultation. There was at London the same time, the Archbishop of Yorke, brother to the earle of Warwicke, and the duke of Somerset, with other of K. Henries counsayle, to whom þ^e earle had sent in commaundement a litle before, knowyng the weaknes of þ^e Citie, that they should keepe the Citie frō their enemies ij. or. iij. dayes, and he woulde followe with all possible speede, with a puissaunt armie. Who, according to their cōmaundemēt, defended the citie with all their power, but yet to litle purpose: MarginaliaLondoners take parte with kyng Edward.For the Citizens consultyng w^t them selues for their owne most indemnitie, hauyng no walles to defend them, thought best to take that waye, which semed to thē most sure & safe, & therfore cōcluded to take part with kyng Edward. This was not so soone knowē abroad, but the cōmunaltie ranne out by heapes to mete kyng Edward, and to salute him as their kyng. MarginaliaK. Henryes coūsailours flye away.Wherupon the Duke of Somerset, with other of kyng Henryes counsaile, hearyng therof, and wonderyng at the sodayne chaunge of the worlde, to shift for them selues, fled away and left there king Henry alone: MarginaliaK. Henry againe takē and committed to prison.Who þ^e same day beyng caused by the Archbyshop of Yorke, to ryde about Londō lyke a king, was before night made captiue, and reduced agayne to the tower.

It was not long after these thinges thus done at London, but the commyng of the Earle of Warwicke was heard of, who thinkyng to preuēte mischiefes with makyng spede, came a litle to late & missed of his purpose. In the Earles army were Iohn Duke of Excester, Edmond Earle of Somerset, Iohn Earle of Oxford, and Marques Mountacute the Earles brother. Thearle had now passed a great part of his iourney, whē he hearing newes of the worlde so chaunged, & of the captiuitie of K. Henry, was not a litle thereat appalled in his minde: wherefore he stayd with his armye at S. Albons, to see what way further to take. MarginaliaThe Earle of Warwyke commeth to Barnet.And for somuch as there was no other remedye, but either he must yelde, or one conflicte must finishe the matter: hee remoued to Barnet x. myles from S. Albons.

Agaynst him set forth kyng Edward, well appointed with a strong army of piked and able persons, with artillerie, engines and instrumentes mete for the purpose: bringyng with him also kyng Henry. On Easter euen he came to Barnet, and ther he embattilled him self. MarginaliaThe battail at Barnet.In the mornyng vpon Easter daye the battaile began, and fiercely cōtinued almost till noone, with murder on eche side, much doubtfull, till both partes were almost wery w^t fightyng & murderyng. Kyng Edward then desirous to see an end, of or on, w^t a great crew of new fresh souldiours, set vpō his weryed enemyes. Wherby þ^e Earles mē, although encouraged w^t wordes of their Captaine, stoutlye fought, but they sore wounded & weried, could not long hold out. MarginaliaThe Earle of Warwyke and his brother slayne.The Earle rushyng into the middest of his enemyes, ventured so farre, that hee could not be rescued: where hee was striken downe, and slayne, and there lay he. Marques Mountacute, thinking to succour his brother, whom he saw to be in great ieoperdye, was lykewise ouerthrowen and slayne. After that, Richard Neuel, Earle of Warwicke, and his brother were gone, the reste fled, and many were taken. The number of thē which were in this field slaine, are iudged about. x. thousand, as Polydore Virgill reciteth. Fabian numbreth of them that were slayne, but fiftene hundreth. The Duke of Somerset, & earle of Oxford thinking to flee to Scot-land, turned to Iaspar Earle of Penbroke in Wales. The Duke of Exeter hardly escaped to Westminster, & there tooke sāctuary. For the death of the earle of Warwicke the king was not so glad, as he was sory for Marques Mountacute, whom he tooke to be his friend. The corps of these two were brought to þ^e church of Paules, where they lay open in two coffins two dayes, and then were interred. Ex Polyd. et aliis.

MarginaliaDifference betwene Polydore & Fabian.
Halle follower of Polydore.¶ In the narration of this historye, Polydore Virgyll, whom Halle followeth word for worde, doth somedeale differ from Rob. Fabian. Neyther doo I doubt, but both these had their autors, by whom they were directed. Notwithstanding this I maruaile, that Polydore writyng of so many thinges which he neuer saw, doth not vouch safe to cite vnto vs those writers of whom he borowed. MarginaliaPolydore is sayd to haue burned a number of our Englyshe wryters.And more do I maruell, or rather lament, if it bee true that I haue heard, that he not onelye nameth no author vnto vs, but also burned an heape of our Englishe stories vnknowen, after the finishyng of hys, in the dayes of K. Henry the. 8 But now to our text agayne.

MarginaliaThe returne of Queene Margaret into England.All this whyle yet Quene Margeret with yong prince Edward her sonne, was scarse come ouer, beyng long let with contrary wyndes, who at length in the moneth of Aprill arriuing at Waymouth in Dorsetshiere, & hearing the sorowfull tidinges of these thinges lately happened to her husband, & to the earle of Warwicke & his brother, & of the prosperous successe of king Edward: was so dismayde, disquieted, and pearced with sorrow, seing all thinges contrary to her expectation, so to frame agaynst her, that she fared and tooke on wyth her selfe, lamenting her husband, bewayling her sonne, cursyng her comming, & crying out of Fortune, as though blinde Fortune were she that gouerneth tymes & tides, rewarding iust punishmentes, to vniust deseruinges of men, and not the secret power and terrible iustice of almighty God. MarginaliaQueene Margaret for sorow swoundeth.
Ex Polyd. lib. 24.Suche was then the impaciencye of that queene, being not able to beare þ^e vehemēcie of her passion (who rather should haue sorrowed þ^e dolorous death of duke Humfrey, whom before she neglected, but nowe she lacked) þ^t her senses failed, her spirites were takē, her speech decayed, & life almost gone, she fell to the ground as one that rather would dye, then liue. MarginaliaQueene Margaret taketh sanctuarie.In this desolate case, quene Margaret learning now to know her frēdes from her foes, when it was to late, fraught full of heauines, without solace or hope of remedi, she with her son and her companye departed for her next refuge, to a monastery of Monkes called Beaulie, in Hamshiere, ther to take sanctuary, and priuilege of the house.

Yet all hartes were not sound nor subdued in Englād: especially Edmond duke of Somerset, with lorde Iohn his brother, Tho. Courtney, earle of Deuonshiere, Iasper earle of Penbroke, L. Wenlocke, Iohn Longscrother being prior of the knightes of Rhodes in S. Iohns. MarginaliaQueene Margaret moued by her frendes to renue warre agaynst king Edward.These hearing of the Quenes returne, with spede resorted to her, by whom she being somwhat quickned in her spirites, and animated to war, began to take some hart & to follow their counsayle: which was, in al þ^e hoat hast, to renew warre agaynst king Edward, being now vnprouided, by reason hys army was nowe dispersed, and chiefest of hys soldiours wasted. Here great hope of victory was shewed, great promises made. Althoughe the Quenes mynde was, being more carefull for the young Prince, then for her selfe, to send him ouer into Fraunce, before some proofe of triall made: yet following the cōtrary counsayle of them, and partlye cut of by shortnes of tyme, which required hast, she began with all expedition to gather power. Likewyse Iaspar, Earle of Penbroke posted into Wales to do the same.

MarginaliaK. Edward warreth agaynst Queene Marg.King Edward hauing intelligēce of al these doings, fyrst sendeth out certeyn light horsemē, to espye abroad through the west partes, what wayes hys enemyes dyd take. In the meane tyme, he vsyng all celeritie to meete