Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 On the morrow after, sir Nicholas Brambre, that sometime had beene maior of London, was brought foorth to iudgement and condemned, although he had manie fréends that made sute to saue his life. This man had doone manie oppressions within the citie of London (as was reported.) In his maioraltie, he caused great & monstruous stocks to be made to im|prison men therein, and also a common axe to strike off the heads of them which should resist his will and pleasure, for he was so highlie in the kings fauour, that he might doo what he would. And the report went, that he had caused eight thousand or more to be indicted, which before had taken part with the lords, intending to haue put them all to death, if God had not shortened his daies. Manie other euill fauoured reports went abroad of him, as that he meant to haue changed the name of London, and to haue na|med it little Troie, of which citie baptised with that new name, he purposed to be intituled duke. But these were forged rumors deuised and spred abroad EEBO page image 464 in those daies, as manie other were, partlie by the vaine imagination of the people, and partlie of pur|pose, to bring those whome the king fauoured further out of the peoples liking.Sir Nicho|l [...]s Brambre [...] with an oxe of his owne deuise. But now touching sir Ni|cholas Brambre: in the end being thus called to an|swer his transgressions, he was found giltie, and had iudgement, neither to be hanged, nor drawne, but to be beheaded with his owne are which before he had deuised: seruing him heerein as Phalaris the tyrant sometime serued Perillus, the inuentor of that ex|quisite torment of the brasen bull, wherein the offen|dor being put (and the counterfet beast by force of fier made glowing hot) hauing his toong first cut out, through extreamitie of paine made a bellowing al|waies as he cried, as if it had béene the verie noise of a naturall bull. Of which strange torment Perillus himselfe first tasted, suffering death by an engine of his owne deuising, which he thought should haue purchased him a good liuing, whereof the poet saith:

Ouid. li. 1. de art.V [...] Phalaris tauro violentus membra Perilli

Torruit, infelix imbuit autor opus.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 After this, sir Iohn Salisburie, & sir Iames Ber|neis,Diuerse that stood against the lords ex|ecuted. both knights and lustie yoong men, were by iudgement of parlement drawne and hanged. Then folowed Iohn Beauchampe of the Holt, lord steward of the kings house, that had serued king Edward the third, and his sonne Lionell duke of Clarence: who likewise by decrée of this parlement was drawne and hanged. Also Iohn Blake esquier, who in an infortunate houre stood against the lords in the coun|cell at Notingham, was now drawne and hanged, and so was one Thomas Uske. Last of all (or as some hold, first of all) was sir Simon Burlie beheaded, al|though the earle of Derbie did what he could to saue his life, by reason whereof, great dissention rose be|twixt the said earle, and the duke of Glocester: for the duke being a sore and a right seuere man,The duke of Glocester a seuere man. might not by any meanes be remooued from his opinion and purpose, if he once resolued vpon any matter. Some spite he bare (as was thought) towards the said sir Simon Burlie, both as well for the faithfull fréendship,Sir Simon Burlie. which was growne betwixt the duke of Ireland, and the said sir Simon, as also for that he looked to haue had such offices and roomes which sir Simon inioied, by the kings gratious fauour and grants thereof to him made, as the Wardenship of the cinque ports, and constableship of the castell of Douer, and the office of high chamberleine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 ¶ But now, bicause of all these which were condem|ned and executed at this parlement, in our common chronicles there is least written; and in Froissard, and diuerse priuate pamphlets I haue read most of this sir Simon, I haue thought good to set downe some part of his life, so largelie as this volume may well beare although a great deale more briefe than where I found it. This sir Simon was the son of sir Iohn Burlie knight of the garter, and brought vp in his youth vnder his kinsman doctor Walter Burlie, who (as in the latter end of king Edward the third you haue heard) was one of the chiefe that had charge in the bringing vp of the Blacke prince, eldest sonne to the said king Edward. By this occasion he grew in|to such fauour with the prince, that afterwards the said prince committed vnto him the gouernance of his sonne Richard of Burdeaux, who as he was of a gen [...]le and courteous nature, began then to conceiue so great loue and liking towards him, that when he came to the crowne and was king, he aduanced him highlie to great honours and promotions, in somuch that at one time & other he was made knight of the gart [...]r, constable of Douer, lord Wa [...]den of the cinque ports, lord chamberleine, Abr. Fl. out of Henrie Knigh|ton, fol. 191. earle of Hunting|ton, and also one of the priuie councell to the king.