Original sentence: When in January 1601 Essex had decided on raising an insurrection in the city, Meyrick armed many of his country friends with muskets and invited them to London; and he gave £40 to the actors of the Globe Theatre on condition that they performed, on the night (Saturday, 6 February) before the day fixed for the outbreak, the play of Richard II representing the abdication of an English sovereign on the stage (according to many accounts), or (as has been argued) John Hayward's Henry IV
Edited sentence: When in January 1601 Essex had decided on raising an insurrection in the city, Meyrick armed many of his country friends with muskets and invited them to London; and he gave £40 to the actors of the Globe Theatre on condition that they performed, on the night (Saturday, 6 February) before the day fixed for the outbreak, the play of Richard II representing the abdication of an English sovereign on the stage