Compare 1577 edition: 1 But at dinner time, among other that pressed in at the palace gate, diuerse of the Iewes were about to thrust in,A Iew stri|ken. till one of them was striken by a christi|an, who alledging the kings commandement, kept them backe from comming within the palace. Which some of the vnrulie people perceiuing, and supposing it had béene doone by the kings comman|dement, tooke lightlie occasion thereof,The people fall vpon the Iewes and beat them. and falling vpon the Iewes with staues, bats and stones, beat them and chased them home to their houses and lodg|ings. Héerewith rose a rumor through the citie, that the king had commanded the Iewes to be destroied, and therevpon came running togither, to assault them in their houses, which when they could not easi|lie breake vp nor enter, by reason the same were strongly builded, they set fire on them, so that diuers houses were consumed, not onelie of the Iewes, but also of their neighbours,Their houses are set on fire. so hideous was the rage of the fire. Here we see that

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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king being aduertised of this riotous attempt EEBO page image 119 of the outragious people, sent some of his councel|lours, as Ranulfe de Glanuille lord iustice, and other officers to appease the tumult: but their authoritie was nothing regarded, nor their persuasions any whit reuerenced, but their thretnings rather brought themselues in danger of life among the rude sort of those that were about to spoile, rob, and sacke the houses and shops of the Iewes: to the better accom|plishment of which their vnlawfull act, the light that the fire of those houses which burned, gaue after it was once night, did minister no small helpe and oc|casion of furtherance. The Iewes that were in those houses which were set on fire,Iewes burnt to death. were either smoldred and burned to death within, or else at their com|ming foorth most cruellie receiued vpon the points of speares, billes, swords and gleaues of their aduer|saries that watched for them verie diligentlie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This outrage of the furious and disordered people continued from the middest of the one day, till two of the clocke on the other; the commons all that while neuer ceassing their furie against that nation, but still killing them as they met with any of them, in most horrible, rash and vnreasonable maner. At length, rather wearied with their cruell dooings, than satisfied with spoile, or mooued with respect of reason or reuerence of their prince, they withdrew them|selues from their riotous enterprise, after they had executed manie vnlawfull and horrible enormities. This great riot well deserued sore and gréeuous pu|nishment, but yet it passed ouer without correction, in respect of the great number of the transgressors, and for that the most part of men for the hatred gene|rallie conceiued against the obstinate frowardnesse of the Iewes, liked the dooings hereof well inough, interpreting it to be a good token, that the ioifull daie of the kings aduancement to the crowne should be dolefull vnto the Iewes, in bringing them to such slaughter and destruction. Finallie, after that the tu|mult was ceassed, the king commanded that no man should hurt or harme any of the Iewes, and so they were restored to peace, after they had susteined infinit damage.