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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Duncan Campbell, a Scotish rouer, after long fight,A Scotish r [...]|uer taken on the sea by Iohn Arun|dell. was taken on the sea by Iohn Arundell an es|quier of Cornewall, who presented him to the king. He was committed to the Tower, & there remained prisoner a long season. All the kings ships were put in a readinesse, so that by the beginning of Aprill, they were rigged and trimmed readie to make saile. ¶ This yeare died the lord Brooke, sir Edward Poi|nings, knight of the garter, sir Iohn Pechie, and sir Edward Belknap, valiant capteins, which were su|spected to be poisoned at a banket made at Ard, when the two kings met last. Wheat was sold this yeare in the citie of London, for twentie shillings a quarter,Great [...] of corne. & in other places for twentie six shillings eight pence.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this yeare Gawan Dowglas, bishop of Dun|kell fled out of Scotland into England, bicause the duke of Albanie being come thither, had taken vpon him the whole gouernement of the king and realme there, the sequele of whose dooings the bishop sore mis|trusted. The king assigned vnto this bishop an honest pension to liue on. And shortlie after,Clarenceaux sent into Scotland. was Claren|ceaux the herald sent into Scotland, vnto the duke of Albanie, to command him to auoid that realme for diuerse considerations; & if he would not, then to de|fie him, sith contrarie to the articles of the league concluded betwixt France & England, he was ente|red Scotland without his licence. The duke refused to accomplish the kings commandement, and was therefore defied by the said Clarenceaux.The French K. attachet [...] the English|mens goods [...] Burdeaux. The sixt of March, the French king commanded all English|mens goods being in Burdeaux, to be attached, and put vnder arrest, and reteined not onelie the monie due to be paid for the restitution of Tornaie, but also withheld the French quéenes dower.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The cardinall vnderstanding that he was euill spo|ken of, Polydor. for vsing his power legantine to such aduan|tage as he did, in selling graces & dispensations,The cardi|nals liberali|tie by vertue of his spirit [...]all power [...] sooth. he thought to bestow some part therof amongst the peo|ple fréelie, without taking anie thing for the same. Wherevpon, when Lent drew neere, he appointed the preachers at Paules crosse, to declare, that it should be lawfull to all persons for that Lent, to eat milke, butter, chéese, & egs. And to the end that none should haue anie scrupulousnesse of conscience in so dooing, he by his authoritie granted remission of sins to all those that did [...]at white meats: knowing as it were afore hand, that the people giuen to the obseruance of their religious fast, would not easilie be brought to breake the same, contrarie to the ancient custome v|sed in their countrie. Neither was he deceiued there|in, for so farre were the people from receiuing or ac|counting this as a benefit, that they tooke it rather for a wicked & cursed déed in those that receiued it, & few or almost none could he induce to breake their old or|der and scrupulous trade in that behalfe.

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