Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Now here by the waie is to be noted, that he being on the scaffold readie to suffer, declared that the la|die Elizabeth and sir Edward Courtneie earle of Deuonshire, whome he had accused before (as it sée|med) were neuer priuie to his dooings, as farre as he knew, or was able to charge them. And when doctor Weston, being then his confessor told him that he had confessed the contrarie vnto the councell, he an|swered thus; That I said then, I said, but that which I saie now is true. This was the end of Wiat and his conspiracie; as also the like hath béene of others attempting anie rebellion. For as their enterprise being, according to the proper qualitie thereof, con|sidered, is flat against Gods ordinance, who hath or|deined magistracie to be reuerenced of inferiors: so it is vnlikelie to bring other than infortunatnesse, and shamefull ouerthrowes vnto the attempters; in whome although will want not to compasse anie worke; yet force failing, they misse the marke, & all bicause rashnesse giueth them a false aime. Where|fore to conclude this tragicall discourse of Wiat, it were to be wished that the sage and safe counsell of Cato were put in common practise of all men, which is, to vndertake & doo nothing aboue their strength:

Quod potes, id tentes, operis ne pondere pressus,

Succumbat labor, & frustra tentata relinquas.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The seuenth daie of Aprill next following,Sir Nicho|las Throck|morton ar|reigned of high treason cleéreth him|selfe. sir Ni|cholas Throckmorton knight was brought from the tower to Guildhall in London, and there arreigned of high treason, as adherent and principall counsel|lor to the said Wiat and the duke of Suffolke, and the rest in the fore remembred conspiracie against the quéene. But he so stoutlie, and therwithall so cun|ninglie answered for himselfe, as well in cleering of his cause, as also in defending & auoiding such points of the lawes of the realme, as were there alleaged a|gainst him, that the quest which passed vpon his life & death found him not giltie. With which verdict the iudges and councellors there present were so much offended, that they bound the iurie in the summe of fiue hundred pounds a péece, to appeare before the councell in the Starchamber, at a daie appointed. And according to their bond, they appeared there be|fore the said councell vpon Wednesdaie, being the one and twentith of Aprill, and saint Marks daie; from whense after certeine questioning, they were committed to prison, Emanuell Lucar and master Whetston to the tower, and the other to the Fléet.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now forsomuch as a copie of the order of sir Nicholas Throckmortons arreignement hath come to my hands, and that the same maie giue some light to the historie of that dangerous rebellion, I haue thought it not impertinent to insert the same: not wishing that it should be offensiue to anie, sith it is in euerie mans libertie to weie his words vttered in his owne defense, and likewise the dooings of the quest in acquitting him, as maie séeme good to their discretions, sith I haue deliuered the same as I haue found it, without preiudicing anie mans opinion, to thinke thereof otherwise than as the cause maie mooue him.