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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 And touching Edward Courtneie, she not onelie aduanced him to the earldome of Deuonshire,Edward Courtneie created earle of Deuon|shire. but also to so much of his fathers possessions as there re|mained in hir hands; whereby it was then thought of manie, that she bare affection to him by the waie of marriage: but it came not so to passe (for what cause I am not able to giue anie reason) but surelie the subiects of England were most desirous thereof. Upon the receiuing of this new queene, all the bishops which had béene depriued in the time of king Edward the sixt hir brother,Bishops re|stored and o|thers depri|ued. for the cause of reli|gion, were now againe restored to their bishopriks; and such other as were placed in king Edward his time, remoued from their sées, and others of con|trarie religion placed. Amongest whom, Edmund Bonner doctor of the lawes, late afore depriued from the sée of London, and committed prisoner to the Marshalsea by order of king Edwards councell, was with all fauour restored to his libertie and bi|shoprike. Maister Nicholas Ridleie doctor in diuini|tie, late before aduanced to the same sée by the said king, was hastilie displaced, and committed priso|ner to the tower of London. The cause why such ex|tremitie was vsed towards the said bishop Ridleie, more than to the rest, was for that in the time of ladie Iane,

Why Ridleie was more ri|gorouslie handled than the rest.

Abr. Fl. ex I.S. pag. 1067.

he preached a sermon at Pauls crosse by the commandement of king Edwards councell, where|in he dissuaded the people, for sundrie causes, from receiuing the ladie Marie as queene. ¶ On the ninth of August in the afternoone, the queene held an obse|quie in the tower for king Edward, the dirge being soong in Latine, and on the morrow a masse of Re|quiem,The buriall of king Ed|ward. whereat the quéene with hir ladies offered. The same daie the corps of king Edward was bu|ried at Westminster, the lord treasuror, the earle of Penbroke, and the earle of Shrewesburie being chéefe mourners, with diuerse other noble men and others. Doctor Daie bishop of Chichester preached at the said buriall, and all the seruice with a commu|nion was in English. Thus was finished the so|lemne funerall of that good prince, at whose birth there were not so manie reioising hearts, but at his death there were by infinit ods manie more wee|ping eies, & sad spirits: whose tender bodie, though pined with sicknesse, & consumed with rottennesse, maie perhaps leaue for succéeding ages no relike to gaze vpon; yet the memorie of his name shall be euer gréene. For he was, as one trulie saith of him:
Ille erat Europae Phoenix, quem funere acerbo
(Vt flos vere nouo viridanti carpitur horto)
Sustulit ante diem mors immatura Britannis,
Inuidet haec terris pietatem & iura colentes.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Doctor Boorne a chapleine of bishop Bon|ner.The thirteenth of August doctor Bonner restored now to his bishoprike againe, appointed one late a chapleine of his called doctor Boorne to preach at Paules crosse, who was then promoted to the queens seruice, & not long after was made bishop of Bath. The said doctor taking occasion of the gospell of that daie, spake somewhat largelie in the iustifieng of bi|shop Bonner, being present at the sermon, which bishop (as the said preacher then openlie said) for a sermon made vpon the same text, and in the same place the same daie foure yéeres afore passed, was most vniustlie cast into the vile dungeon of the Mar|shalsea among theeues, and there kept during the time of king Edwards reigne. This matter being set foorth with great vehemencie, so much offended the eares of part of the audience, that they brake si|lence, and began to murmur and throng togither, in such sort as the maior and aldermen with other of the wiser sort then present feared much an vprore. Du|ring which muttering, one more feruent than his fellowes threw a dagger at the preacher:A dagger throwne at the preacher. but who it was, came not to knowlege. By reason of which out|rage the preacher withdrew himselfe from the pulpit, and one maister Bradford at the request of the prea|chers brother and others standing there, tooke the place, and spake so mildlie to the people, that with few words he appeased their furie: and after the said maister Bradford and maister Rogers, although men of contrarie religion, conueied the said preacher into Paules schoole, and there left him safelie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The next sundaie following,The preacher at Paules crosse defen|ded by the gard. for feare of a like tumult or worse, order was taken that the queens gard should be present in place to defend the prea|cher with weapons. Wherevpon the wiser men per|ceiuing such a number of weapons, and that great perill was not vnlike to insue, by such appeerance of late not accustomed, would not be present at the sermon, by reason whereof there was left a small auditorie. Wherefore afterward there was a com|mandement giuen by the lord maior, that the anci|ents of the companies should be present at the next sermon in their liueries, and so they were, whereby all became quiet.The duke of Northumber|lãd arreigned. The eightéenth of August next following, the duke of Northumberland, the lord marquesse of Northampton, and the earle of War|wike, son and heire to the said duke, were brought in|to Westminster h [...]ll, and there arreigned of high treason before Thomas duke of Norffolke high Ste|ward of England.

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