[978] French kyng hys ally. 1559, 63. French king Charles his alley. N. [979] And hyred by him to worke this trecherye, For which at Hampton, as it came to passe, His lyfe he lost, and there beheaded was. 1578. [980] This. 1559. [981] To, added. 1571. [982] Thus was the name of Mortimer extinct, Whose right and title descended vnto me, Being forst to lyue within a precinct, For feare I would to other countries flee, And so beeing at myne owne libertee, Might haplye moue sedicion or strife, For guilty hartes can leade no quiet lyfe. 1578. [983] Whereby great frendes I had my part to take. 1578. [984] I by mariage, Fowre fayre sonnes my yong wife to me bore, Valiaunt. 1578. [985] Brothers. 1578. [986] As none of the kin had any time before. 1578. [987] Were knights peerelesse. 1578. [988] ---- Fortune’s frendly grace, I first began to claime my lawful right, And my chiefe foes with stoutnesse to deface. 1578. [989] Al my hole force, I dayly did employ. 1578. [990] The queene was wholy on hys syde. 1578. [991] Stroke. 1559. [992] in Ireland I did byde, Ful often driuen of force my head to hyde, Yet through. 1578. [993] This doutye duke most deare to king. 1578. [994] the queene her partie helde Farre in the north, where ouermatcht with power, My life I lost, in an vnlucky howre. 1578. [995] Led, omitted. 1578. [996] And, omitted. 1578. [997] Got the. 1559, 78. [998] Next I with kinsfolke. N. [999] I at the next was present in persone, With my chiefe kin, whereas by one and one, Our souldiers false withdrew away by night, Vnto our foes and wee put all to flight. 1578. [1000] Not. The text corrected by editions 1559 and 63. The others read: no. [1001] Came I. 1559, 63. [1002] My. 1559, 63. Make clayme. 1571. New claime to make. 1578. [1003] In the kinge’s seate I boldly. 1578. [1004] Clayming the place, whereat. 1578. [1005] At last to my demaund agreed. 1578. [1006] But sith Henry had raigned than so long. 1578. [1007] And to thend to make my title strong. 1578. [1008] My, misprint. 1571. Apparant heire of England they me. 1578. In each place heire apparant they me. N. [1009] I sped me straight northward, whereas she lay, Meaning by force to cause her to obay. 1578. [1010] Bosworth. 1559. [1011] She thereof warned, prepared a strong power, And ere my men were altogether redye, To Sandale came, where, in a dismal houre, I like a beast, so rash was and so heddy To trie fortune which alwaies is vnsteddy, With thousands fiue of souldiers to assayle The double number in campe to their auayle. 1578. [1012] Th’infant. N. [1013]