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1 WHy boastest thou that thou canst do mischiefe?

2 Thy toong imagineth wickednesse, & with lies thou cuttest like a sharpe rasor,

3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnesse more than goodnesse, and to talke of lies more than righteousnesse,

4 Thou hast loued to speake all words that may doo hurt ô thou false toong,

5 Therefore shall God destroie thee for euer, he shall take thee, and plucke thee out of thy dwelling, and roote thee out of the land of the liuing,

6 The righteous also shall see this, and feare, and shall laugh him to scorne,

7 Lo this is the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, & strengthned himselfe in his wickednesse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Simon de Reading exe|cuted.On the same daie was Simon de Reading drawne and hanged on the same gallowes, but ten foot lower than the other. This Reading being marshall of the kings house, had vsed the queene very vncourteouslie, giuing hir manie reprochfull words, which now were remembred, and therefore may serue for an example, how dangerous a thing it is to speake euill of the higher powers. Caxton. The common fame went, that after this Hugh Spenser the sonne was taken, he would receiue no sustenance, wherefore he was the sooner put to death, or else had he beene conueied to London, there to haue suffered.The earle of Arundell ta|ken. Iohn earle of Arundell was taken on S. Hughs day, in the parts about Shrewes|burie, and the same day seuennight before the execu|tion of the earle of Glocester, Hugh Spenser the yoonger, as well the said earle, who had béene euer a great freend to both the Spensers, Th. Walsing. Execution. as also Iohn Da|niell, and Thomas de Milcheldeure were put to death at Hereford, by procurement of the lord Mortimer of Wigmore,The fauour in which the lord Morti|mer was with the quéene. that hated them extreamelie, by reason whereof they were not like to spéed much better, for what he willed the same was doone, and without him the queene in all these matters did nothing.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 The chancellour Robert de Baldocke being com|mitted to the custodie of Adam de Torleton bishop of Hereford, remained at Hereford in safe kéeping till Candlemasse next, and then the bishop being at London, appointed him to be brought vp, where not without the bishops consent (as was thought) he was taken out of his house by violence, and laid in New|gate,Robert Bal|docke ended his life. where shortlie after through inward sorow and extreame gréefe of mind he ended his life. Thus the quéene and hir companie hauing compassed their bu|sinesse in so happie maner as they could wish, she with hir sonne and a great companie of lords and gentle|men repaired vnto Wallingford, where they kept Christmasse togither with great ioy and triumph, the king in the meane while remaining (as ye haue heard) at Killingworth, in a kind of honorable estate, although he was prisoner. ¶ After Christmasse, the quéene with hir son and such lords as were then with them, remooued to London, where at their comming thither, which was before the feast of the Epiphanie, they were receiued with great ioy, triumph, and large gifts, and so brought to Westminster, where the mor|row after the same feast,A parlement. the parlement which before hand had beene summoned began, in which it was concluded and fullie agréed by all the states (for none durst speake to the contrarie) that for diuerse articles which were put vp against the king, he was not wor|thie longer to reigne, and therefore should be depo|sed, and withall they willed to haue his sonne Ed|ward duke of Aquitaine to reigne in his place. This ordinance was openlie pronounced in the great hall at Westminster by one of the lords,The king's deposed by [...] of parleme [...] on the feast day of saint Hilarie being tuesdaie, to the which all the people consented.The archb [...]shop of Ca [...]turburie preacheth. The archbishop of Canturburie ta|king his theame, Vox populi, vox Dei, made a sermon, exhorting the people to praie to God to bestow of his grace vpon the new king. And so when the sermon was ended, euerie man departed to his lodging. But the duke of Aquitaine, when he perceiued that his mother tooke the matter heauilie in appearance, for that hir husband should be thus depriued of the crowne, he protested that he would neuer take it on him, without his fathers consent, and so therevpon it was concluded, that certeine solemne messengers should go to Killingworth to mooue the king to make resignation of his crowne and title of the kingdome vnto his sonne.

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