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Compare 1577 edition: 1 On New yeares daie, was sir Thomas Wrio|thesleie the kings secretarie made lord Wriothesleie of Tichfield.

The lord Wriothesleie. Abr. Fl. ex I S. pag. 1027 Foure E| [...]lipses.

Germaine Gardner and other execu|ted.

I Stow 1005. Charitable déeds of sir Iohn Allen.

¶ This yeare chanced foure eclipses, one of the sunne the fourtéenth of Ianuarie, and three of the moone. On the seuenth of March, Germaine Gardner, and Larke person of Chelseie were execu|ted at Tiburne, for denieng the kings supremacie, & with whom was executed for other offenses one Sin|gleton. And shortlie after Ashbeie was likewise exe|cuted for the supremacie. In this yeare sir Iohn Al|len (who had bin twise maior of London, & of coun|cell to the king) departing out of this life, did giue to the citie of London a rich collar of gold, to be worne by the maior: which collar was first worne by sir William Laxton on S. Edwards daie, to the elec|tion of the new maior, who gaue to euerie ward in London twentie pounds to be distributed to the poore housholders, besides to one hundred and twen|tie persons, three score men euerie of them a gowne of brode cloth, and a blacke cap, and thréescore wo|men, to euerie of them a gowne of the like cloth, and a white kerchiefe. Humfreis Monmouth,Shiriffes put awaie their officers. and Iohn Coles which were shiriffes in his maioraltie, in the beginning of their yeare put awaie twelue sarge|ants and twelue yeomen, till they were forced by a court of common councell to take them againe.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane while was the cardinall of Scot|land deliuered forth of prison, and shortlie after got into his hands againe all such conclusions as were made touching the marriage betwixt the quéene of Scots and prince Edward, procuring in maner all the lords and nobles of the realme to renounce that which they had promised to the king of England, as well diuerse of those whome the said king had relea|sed home out of captiuitie, as others. Wherwith the king tooke such sore displeasure, that he prepared an armie to passe into Scotland by sea, and ordeined the lord Edward Seimer,The earle of Hertford lieutenant of the north. earle of Hertford to be lieute|nant of the north parts, and to haue the leading of the same armie, who went thither in March, as well for defense of the borders, as to foresee all things in order for the armie that should thus go into Scot|land, whereof he was appointed generall.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 When all things were in a readinesse for the na|uie which was rigged to set forward towards Scot|land, and that the soldiers were come which were ap|pointed to go with sir Iohn Dudleie lord Lisle,The lord ad|merall Dud|leie setteth foorth from London to|wards Scot|land. and high admerall of England in that voiage, they were imbarked, and so the two and twentith of March the said lord admerall, with sir Nicholas Pointz, and di|uerse other knights and capteins departed from the port of London towards the north parts; and com|ming to Newcastell, found the erle of Hertford rea|die with such power as was appointed to be there at a daie assigned, forth of those countries that lie from Trent northwards. And now wanted nothing to fur|ther their iournie, but a conuenient wind; which cau|sed them to staie certeine daies at the said towne of Newcastell, and in the villages thereabouts.

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