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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earle of Leicester came to the king, bringing with him out of France where he had remained for a time; a faire companie of souldiers and men of warre to the kings aid, and was verie courteouslie receiued. The Gascoignes then perceiued the kings power to increase, and saw how not onelie the castels wherein they trusted to haue refuge were wo [...]ne and gotten out of their hands by the king of England, but also that their vines (wherein chéeflie consisted their hope of sustentation) were burned vp and de|stroied, EEBO page image 249 they began to humble themselues, and so by little and little returned to their due obedience,The Gas|coigns begin to humble themselues. after that the authors of their seditious tumults were ei|ther apprehended, or chased out of the countrie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The bishop of Chichester Richard Witz and Grosted b. of Lincolne depart this lifeThis yeare died Richard Witz the bishop of Chi|chester, a man of great vertue and singular know|ledge. Also that famous clearke Robert Grosted bi|shop of Lincolne departed this life on the day of S. Denise in the night, at his manor of Bugdon, whose learning coupled with vertue and vprightnesse of life wan to him perpetuall commendation.The praise of Grosted. He was a manifest blamer of pope and king, a reproouer of prelats, a corrector of moonks, a director of preests, an instructor of clearkes, a susteinor of scholers, a prea|cher to the people, a persecutor of incontinent liuers, a diligent searcher of the scriptures, a contemnor and a verie mallet of such strangers as sought pre|ferment in this realme by the popes prouisions: in housekeeping liberall, in corporall refection plenti|full, and in ministring spirituall food, deuout and god|lie affected: in his bishoplike office diligent, reue|rend, and neuer wearied: a singular example of a bi|shop, speciallie in those daies, and at whose life our re|formed bishops may fetch light to abandon their darkenesse, and to amend that which is amisse in them, sith

Validiora sunt exempla quàm praecepta,
Leo papa.Et pleniùs docemur vita quàm verbo.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The L. Wil. Uescie depar|teth this life.Moreouer there died in Gascoigne, William de Uescie a baron of great fame in the north parts. Also in the spring and summer of this yeare was a great drought, and in the haruest season fell such wet, that great floods by the rising of the riuers,Great wet. and ouerflow|ing their banks, did much hurt in sundrie places of the realme. Againe in the later end of haruest about Michaelmasse, there was eftsoones such a drought, that men could get no grinding at the milles,Great drout. but were constreined to go in some places a daies iour|nie off, to haue their corne groond. In the eight and thirtith yeare of king Henries reigne, the quéene was deliuered of a daughter which was called Ka|therin, Anno Reg. 38. The ladie Ka+therin the kings daugh|ter borne. bicause the same was borne on saint Kathe|rins daie.

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