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Compare 1577 edition: 1 He said further at the same time to the said Gil|bert, that what so euer was doone by the kings father, was doone by wrong. And still he murmured a|gainst all that the king [...]hen presentlie reigning did. And further he said, that he knew himselfe to be so wicked a sinner,He was in a verie ill mind [...]f this were true. that he wanted Gods fauour: and therefore he knew, that what so euer he tooke in hand against the king had the woorse successe. And further|more, the said duke (to alienate the minds of the kings subiects from their dutifull obeisance towards the said king and his heires) on the twentith daie of September, in the first yeare of his reigne, being then at London, reported vnto the said Robert Gil|bert, that he had a certeine writing sealed with the kings great seale, comprehensing a certeine act of parlement, in the which it was enacted, that the duke of Summerset one of the kings progenitors was made legitimate:A certeine writing legi|timating the duke of Summerset. and further, that the said duke meant to haue deliuered the same writing vnto king Henrie the seuenth, but (said he) I would not that I had so doone for ten thousand pounds.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 And furthermore, the same duke on the fourth of Nouember, in the eleuenth yere of the kings reigne, at east Greenwich in the countie of Kent, said vnto one Charles Kneuet esquier, after that the king had reprooued the duke for reteining William Bulmer knight into his seruice, that if he had perceiued that he should haue beene committed to the Tower (as he doub [...]ed hée should haue béene) hée would haue so wrought, that the principal dooers therein should not haue had cause of great reioising: for he would haue plaied the part which his father intended to haue put in practise against king Richard the third at Salis|burie, [...] who made earnest s [...]te to haue come vnto the presence of the same king Richard: which sute if he might haue obteined, he hauing a knife secretlie a|bout him, would haue thrust it into the bodie of king Richard, as he had made semblance to knéele downe before him. And in speaking these words, he malici|ouslie laid his hand vpon his dagger, and said, that if he were so euill vsed, he would doo his best to accom|plish his pretensed purpose, swearing to confirme his word by the bloud of our Lord.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Beside all this, the same duke the tenth of Maie, in the twelfe yeare of the kings reigne, at London in a place called the Rose, within the parish of saint Laurence Poultnie in Canwike street ward, de|manded of the said Charles Kneuet esquier, what was the talke amongest the Londoners concerning the kings iourneie beyond the seas. And the said Charles told him, that manie stood in doubt of that iourneie, least the Frenchmen meant some deceit to|wards the king. Whereto the duke answered, that it was to be feared, least it would come to passe,The duke [...] couereth the secrecie of all the matter [...] his owne vndoome accor|ding to the words of a certeine holie moonke. For there is (saith he) a Chartreux moonke, that diuerse times hath sent to me, willing me to send vnto him my chancellor: and I did send vnto him Iohn de la Court my chapleine, vnto whome he would not de|clare anie thing, till de la Court had sworne vnto him to kéepe all things secret, and to tell no creature liuing what hée should heare of him, except it were to me.

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