Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Whilest the earle of Surrie was in the marches of Scotland, and the duke of Suffolke in France (as before ye haue heard) the cardinall sent out commis|sions in the moneth of October, that euerie man be|ing worth fortie pounds, should paie the whole subsi|die before granted, out of hand, not tarrieng till the daies of paiment limited.An anticipa|tion. This was called an antici|pation, that is to meane, a thing taken before the time appointed, and was a new tearme not knowne before those daies: but they paied swéetelie for their learning. ¶ In December were taken certeine traitors in Couentrie, one called Francis Philip, schoolemaister to the kings henchmen, and one Chri|stopher Pickering clearke of the larder, and one An|thonie Mainuile gentleman, which by the persuasion of the said Francis Philip, intended to haue taken the kings treasure of his subsidie, as the collectors of the same came towards London, and then to haue raised men and taken the castell of Kilingworth and to haue arreared warre against the king. The said Francis, Christopher, and Anthonie, were hanged, drawne, and quartered at Tiborne the eleuenth of Februarie, and the other were sent to Couentrie, and there executed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The archduke of Austrich made knight of the garter.In this yeare the king sent the lord Morleie, sir William Huseie knight, & doctor Lée his almoner to don Ferdinando the archduke of Austrich, with the order of the garter, which in the towne of Nu|remberge receiued the same, where all the princes of Germanie were then assembled at a diet or coun|cell. In this meane while, diuerse enterprises and feats of warre were practised and archiued by them of the garrisons in the marches of Calis, and the Frenchmen of Bullogne, and the borders therea|bouts: but the Frenchmen commonlie were put to the worse. Amongest other exploits, it chanced that one Brereton a gentleman,Brereton capte [...]ne of the [...] s [...]aine. and capteine of a num|ber of the aduenturers, as he went about to spoile the towne of Wast, was taken by the French horse|men, and sold vnto the pezants of the countrie, the which vnmercifullie slue him and sixtéene more that were taken with him, after that the men of warre had deliuered them, and were departed. But this murther was reuenged shortlie by other of the ad|uenturers, which comming vnto the same towne of Wast, tooke thirtie eight prisoners of the inhabi|tants, & slue of them thirtie & six, & burned the towne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this yeare thorough books of ephemerides,15 [...] and prognostications,Bolton [...] of S. B [...]r [...]+lomewes [...] a [...] at Harow [...] the hill to a+uoid flouds prognostica+ted that [...] foreshewing much hurt to come by waters & flouds, many persons vittelled themselues and went to high grounds for feare of drowning [...] speciallie one Bolton prior of saint Bartholomewes in Smithfield, builded him an house vpon Harow on the hill, onelie for feare of this floud, and thither he went and made prouision of all things necessarie for the space of two moueths. This great raine and wa|ters should haue fallen in Februarie, but no such thing happened, whereby the follie of men was shew|ed. The astronomers for their excuse did saie, that in their computation they had miscounted in their number an hundred yeares.Anno Reg. [...] A legat [...] Rome to [...] a peace be|tweene king Henrie and the French king. A legat was sent from the pope to the king to mooue him to peace: but the king declared to him the whole circumstance of his title, for the which he made wars against the French|men, and thereof deliuered notes to the said legat, the which departed with the same backe to Rome in post. He had béene first with the French king, and with the emperour, but could not bring them to anie good conformitie, as his desire was to haue doone; so that his trauell was without frute in maner, as it appeared.