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This night were eight companies of maskers, and in euerie companie twelue persons all in gold, siluer and veluet, richlie apparelled, but bicause the roome was small, the shew was the lesse. In these reuels were put in maskers apparell diuerse gentlemen of the French court vnwéeting to the K. or anie other that bare rule.French gen|tlemen in mas|kers apparell vnwéeting to them that bare rule in the reuels. For diuerse yoong gentlemen of the French court fauored more the French partie, than the emperours partie; through which meanes they saw and much more heard than they should haue doone. On fridaie the thirteenth daie of Iulie, the em|perour did intend to haue departed from Calis, but the counsell was such that he departed not that night.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 On saturdaie the fouretéenth of Iulie, the empe|rour tooke his leaue of the queene of England his aunt, and departed toward Graueling, being con|ducted on his waie by the king of England, to a vil|lage towards Flanders called Waell, and there they imbraced and tooke their leaue either of other in most louing maner. They did not altogither spend the time thus while they were togither, in vaine plea|sures, and sporting reuels; for the charters before time concluded were read ouer, and all the articles of the league tripartite, agréed betwixt the emperour, the king of England, and the French king, were at full declared, to the which the French king had fullie con|descended. And for the more proofe thereof, and exem|plification of the same, he sent monsieur de Roch with letters of credence to signifie to the emperour, that in the word of a prince he would obserue, fulfill, performe and kéepe all the same articles, for him, his realme and subiects.The king re|turneth into England. Shortlie after that the emperour and the king had taken leaue each of other, and were departed, the king shipped, and with the quéene and all other the nobilitie returned safelie into England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king kept his Christmas at Greenwith this yeare, with much noblenesse and open court. And the tenth daie of Februarie, in his owne person, iusted with all commers. On Twelfe daie his grace and the earle of Deuonshire, with foure aids, answered at the tourneie all commers, which were sixtéene per|sons: noble and rich was their apparell, but in feats of armes the king excelled the rest. About this time the king hauing regard to the common welth of his realme, considered how for the space of fiftie yeares past and more, Polydor. the nobles and gentlemen of Eng|land, being giuen to grasi [...] of cattell, and kéeping of shéepe, had inuented a meane how to increase their yearelie reuenues, to the great decaie and vn|dooing of husbandmen of the land. For the said no|bles and gentlemen,An inconue|nience of tur|ning arable ground into pasture. after the maner of the Numidi|ans, more studieng how to increase their pastures, than to mainteine tillage, began to decaie husband tacks & tenements, and to conuert arable ground into pasture, furnishing the same with beasts and shéepe, and also deere, so inclosing the field with hed|ges, ditches, and pales, which they held in their owne hands, ingrossing woolles, and selling the same, and also shéepe and beasts at their owne prices, and as might stand most with their owne priuate commo|ditie.

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