Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 A sore tempest of haile.On S. Margarets daie, there fortuned a maruel|lous sore tempest of haile, raine, thunder and light|ning, which being vniuersall through the realme, did much hurt, & continued the space of 16 houres togi|ther without ceassing. This yéere, sundrie noble perso|nages departed this world,Isabell the kings mother departeth this life. as Isabell the kings mo|ther, wife to the earle of March in Poictou. Also, the countesse of Albemarle, the daughter of Alaine of Galloway, and sister to the countesse of Winchester: wherevpon, a great part of Gallowaie that belonged to hir (for that she died without issue) remained to Ro|ger de Quincie earle of Winchester,Roger de Quincie earle of Winchester. that married the eldest sister. Moreouer, Iohn lord Neuill died this yeare,Iohn lord Neuill depar|ted this life with diuers other. which had béene chiefe forrester of England: but he was not onelie put out of that office for cer|teine transgressions, but also out of the kings fauor before he died, where (at first) none was more estee|med in the court than he. The bishop of Salisburie, named master Robert de Bingham, died also this yeare, and sir Richard de Argenton knight, a right noble personage, which in the holie land had shewed good proofe of his high valiancie, manhood, & prowesse: likewise sir Henrie Bailioll of the north, and diuerse other.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Anno Reg. 31.In the beginning of the one and thirtith yeare of king Henries reigne, the pope sent into England to haue the third part of one yeares profit of euerie be|neficed man that was resident, and of euerie one not resident the one halfe. The bishop of London should haue seene this aid and collection leuied, but it would not be granted. And in a parlement called this yeare on the morrow after the Purification of our ladie it was ordeined, Matth. Paris. that new letters sealed with the com|mon seale of the citie of London should be sent by sufficient messengers, from all the estates of the realme, vnto the pope and cardinals, requiring a mo|deration to be had in such exactions as were intolle|rable for the realme to beare.Intollerable exactions. Whilest this parlement yet lasted,Peter de Sa|uoy earle of Richmond. there came ouer the lord Peter of Sauoy earle of Richmond, bringing with him certein yoong ladies and damsels, to be bestowed in marriage on such yoong lords and gentlemen as were wards to the king.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 On S. Ualentines euen, a great earthquake hap|pened here in England, and namelie about London,An earth|quake. on the Thames side, with the which manie buildings were ouerthrowen. These earthquakes, the seldo|mer they chance in England, the more dreadfull the same are, and thought to signifie some great altera|tion. A litle before this earthquake, the sea had ceassed from ebbing and flowing for the space of three mo|neths togither,A strange woonder. by a long tract neere to the English shore, to the great maruell of many, for either it flow|ed not at all, or else so little that it might not be per|ceiued. And after the earthquake,Continuall raine. there followed such a season of foule weather, that the spring séemed to be changed into winter, for scarse was there anie daie without raine, till the feast of the translation of S. Benet.