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“the earl of norwich has joined the yorkists, and approaches with cannons”

So, cannons in the 16c. weren’t really a threat on the battlefield.  They were primitive, cumbersome and slow (a rate of fire of 10 shots/hour was exemplary).

They were, however, just the tool for turning a walled town to a rubbled town.

I like to think of the doom and gloom versions of this rumour that would be bouncing around the Lancastrian ranks.