Compare 1577 edition: 1 And thus much for these troubles of the lord pro|tector, and articles against him obiected; to the end (as was doubted) that the same should haue cost him his life. But such was the pleasure of almightie God, disposing mens hearts as séemeth to him best, that at length, to wit, the sixt of Februarie next, he was de|liuered; and that night he supped at sir Iohn Yorks one of the shiriffes of London, also the proclamation before set foorth against him was reuoked & called in. And thus being againe restored, though not to his former office, yet vnto libertie, he continued therein for the space of two yeares and two daies, till new troubles (as after shall appeare) chanced to him, which as they were too heauie for him either to cast off, or carrie awaie; so were his loders more readie to ag|grauate his burthen, than willing to ease him anie waie of the weight. So that this his exaltation & rai|sing to dignitie, in respect of the short continuance thereof, as also for the enuie wherewith it was assai|led, had béene better not to haue happened, than with such infelicitie in so short a time to haue ended. But this fall from honor & aduancement with losse of life (than the which nothing more pretious, nothing more delicious) gréeued him the lesse: bicause he might perceiue (as some suspected) that rather of enuie than otherwise (reseruing the course of Gods iudgement and vengeance to the secrecie of his owne counsels) the same was deuised, prosecuted, & finallie practised:

Nam quo quisque magis pius est, studiosior aequi,

Charior & regi, & quo quisque potentior extat,

Sentiet à prauis se tanto odiosius iri

Dente Theonino rosum, quod fortè latenter

Fiet & occultè, linguae ne sentiatictum

Laethalem, donec stamen trux Atropos occet,

Et vi Parcarum coenum voluatur in imum.]

¶ The seuentéenth of October, king Edward came from Hampton court to his place in Southworke, Abr. Fl. ex I [...] 1044, 1045. and there dined,K. Edward rode through London. and after dinner he made maister Yorke one of the shiriffes knight, and then rode tho|rough the citie to Westminster. The lord maior of London for this yeare named sir Rowland Hill, was a man of great charitie and compassion, eui|dent and effectuall testimonies whereof he hath left in the world; some of whose good deeds partlie in his remembrance & partlie for others example are deser|uedlie recorded. This man caused to be made a cau|seie, commonlie called Ouerlane pauement in the high waie from Stone to Nantwich,Charitable déeds of sir Rowland Hill. in length foure miles, for horsse and man, with diuerse lanes on both sides the same causeie. He caused likewise a causeie to be made from Dunchurch to Bransen in War|wikeshire, more than two miles of length, and gaue twentie pounds in monie towards the making of Roitton bridge, thrée miles from Couentrie. He made the high waie to Kilborne néere to London. He made foure bridges, two of them of stone, contei|ning eighteene arches in them both, the one ouer the riuer of Seuerne, called Achambridge; the other Ternebridge, for that the water of Terne runneth vnder it; the other two of timber at Stoke, and built a good part of Stoke church. He builded one nota|ble frée schoole at Draiton in Shropshire, with maister and vsher, and sufficient stipends for them both,Fréeschole at Draiton in Shropshire. be|sides conuenient lodgings for the same. He also pur|chased a frée faire to the said towne, with a frée mar|ket wéekelie, & also a frée market for castell euerie EEBO page image 1061 fouretéene daies. [...] gift to [...]. He gaue to the hospitall of Christs church in London in his life time fiue hundred pounds in readie monie, and a hundred pounds at his deceasse.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now to returne to other dooings. Whilest these hurls and tumults were in hand, to the danger of the whole state, the wars against the Scots were nothing followed, according to the former purposed meaning of the councell: so that it seemed necessa|rie to giue ouer the kéeping of Hadington, the same being in deed more chargeable (as was thought) than profitable, sith the garrison there could not be vitteled but with a great power to conduct the cariages in safetie, the enimies being still readie to take their aduantage to distresse them vpon anie opportunitie offered. It was therefore resolued, that the earle of Rutland should go thither to sée the fortifications ra|sed, and to conduct from thence the men & ordinance in safetie home into England. Héerevpon the said earle with the Almans, and other souldiours then remaining on the borders, [...] marched thither, and cau|sed the bulworks, rampiers, and trenches to be rased and filled flat with the ground, and bringing from thence all the men, artillerie and munition, bag and baggage returned vnto Barwike without incoun|ter, in peaceable and quiet maner.