Compare 1577 edition: 1 The admerall of the French fléet kindled in an|ger herewith, sailed streight vnto Douer, and there landing with his people,Douer rob|bed by the French. robbed the towne and prio|rie. The townesmen being striken with terror and feare of the sudden landing of their enimies, fled into the countrie, and raised people on euerie side, the which being assembled togither in great numbers, towards euening came to Douer, and inuading such Frenchmen as were straied abroad to seeke preies, slue them downe in sundrie places.The French|men chased to their ships. The French ad|merall which had beene busie all the day in pilfering the towne, hearing the noise of those Frenchmen that came running towards the sea side, streight|waies got him to his ships with such pillage as he could take with him. The other Frenchmen, which were gone abroad into the countrie to fetch preies, and could not come to their ships in time, were slaine euerie mothers sonne. Some of them hid them|selues in the corne fields, and were after slaine of the countrie people.Frenchmen slaine about Douer. There was little lesse than eight hundred of them thus slaine by one meane and other at that time. There were not manie of the men of Douer slaine, for they escaped by swift flight at the first entrie made by the Frenchmen: but of wo|men and children there died a great number, for the enimies spared none. There was also an old moonke slaine named Thomas, a man of such vertue (as the opinion went) that after his deceasse, manie mira|cles through him were shewed.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Sir Thomas Turberuile, being troubled in his mind that he could not bring his traitorous purpose to passe, began to assaie another waie, which was to procure Iohn Balioll king of Scotland to ioine in league with the French king, but yer any of his pra|ctises could be brought about, his treason was reuea|led, who being thereof euidentlie conuicted,Sir Tho|mas Tur|beruile exe|cuted. N. Triuet. was put to execution. Nich. Triuet saith, that he had promised the French king to cause Wales to reuolt from king Edward, and that by procurement of the pro|uost of Paris, he consented to worke such treason. And (as some write) he did not onelie homage vnto the French king, Caxton. but also left two of his sonnes in pledge for assurance to worke that which he had pro|mised. His secretarie that wrote the letters vnto the French king, conteining his imagined treasons, Abington. with other aduertisements touching king Edwards purposes, fearing least the matter by some other means might come to light (as the old prouerb saith,
Quicquid nix celat solis calor omne reuelat)as well to his destruction as his maisters for concea|ling it, disclosed all to the king. Now he hauing knowledge that he was bewraied by his seruant, fled out of the court, but such diligence was vsed in the pursuit of him, that he was taken within two daies after, and brought backe againe to London, where be was conuicted of the treason so by him ima|gined, and therefore finallie put to death. ¶This yeare the cleargie gaue to the king the tenth part of their goods, the citizens a sixt part, and the commons a twelfth part, or rather (as Euersden saith) the bur|gesses of good townes gaue the seuenth, and the com|mons abroad the eleuenth penie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The same yeare died Gilbert de Clare earle of Glocester, which left issue behind him,The death of noble men. begot of his wife the countesse Ione the kings daughter (beside three daughters) one yoong sonne named also Gil|bert to succeed him as his heire. The countesse his wife, after hir husbands deceasse, married a knight of meane estate, borne in the bishopricke of Du|resme, named sir Rafe Monthermer,Sir Rafe Montherme [...] wedded the countesse of Glocester. that had serued the earle hir first husband in his life time. The king at the first tooke displeasure herewith, but at length through the hie valiancie of the knight, oft times she|wed and apparantlie approoued, the matter was so well taken, that he was intituled earle of Glocester, EEBO page image 296 and aduanced to great honor. Anno Reg. 24. N. Triuet. ¶Iohn Romane arch|bishop of Yorke also this yeare died, after whome one Henrie de Newmarke deane of the colledge there succeeded. ¶ Moreouer the same yeare Wil|liam de Ualence earle of Penbroke departed this life, and lieth buried at Westminster, and then Ai|mer his sonne succeeded him.