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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Upon saturdaie the eight and twentith of Aprill, sir Iames Crofts and maister William Winter were brought from the tower to the Guildhall in London, where sir Iames Crofts was arreigned: but bicause the daie was farre spent, maister Win|ter was not arreigned, but caried backe againe to the tower with the said sir Iames Crofts.William Tho|mas arreigned & condemned. William Thomas, of whome mention is made before in the historie of sir Thomas Wiat, with certeine other, were arreigned and condemned for the conspiring of the murther and killing of the quéene vpon the sud|den: and for that offense, the said William Thomas was the eightéenth daie of Maie, drawne, hanged, and quartered at Tiburne.The ladie E|lisabeth [...]li|uered out of the tower. The ninetéenth daie of Maie next following, the ladie Elisabeth sister to quéene Marie, was deliuered out of the tower, and committed to the custodie of sir Iohn Williams knight, afterward lord Williams of Tame, by whome hir grace was more courteouslie intreated than some would haue wished. Wherefore shortlie after she was committed to the manour of Wood|stocke,Sir Henrie Beningfield knight. vnder the custodie of sir Henrie Bening|field of Oxenborough in the countie of Norffolke, knight, at whose hands she found not the like courte|sie, who (as it is well knowne) vsed his office more like a gailor than a gentleman, and with such rigour as was not méet to be shewed to such an estate, which extremitie of crueltie to a person of great dignitie notwithstanding hir innocencie, is verie well noted by C. O. in Eirenarchia siue Elisabetha, where he saieth:

—odio quoque tenditur acri
Suspicio vehemens in te clarissima princeps
Elisabetha, capút tuum: quòd vixeris insons,
Quód animi candor culpa noxá remotus
Hactenus inuidiae renitens hebetâarit ocellos,
Ah liuore tumens sacer obliuiscitur ordo.
Implacata cohors spumante exaestuatira
Furfuris eiusdem, donec custodibus Elisabetha. agna
(Arcebat Deus ipse lupos) committitur arctis
Asseruanda locis, vi libertatis adempta.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But here is to be noted, Rich. Graf [...]on. not so much the vnciuill nature of the man, as the singular lenitie, and grati|ous clemencie of that gentle and vertuous princesse, who afterward (as shall appeare) comming to the pos|session of the crowne as hir rightfull inheritance, was at that time so farre from reuenge of iniuries receiued, that whereas diuerse princes haue requited much lesse offenses with losse of life, she neuer tou|ched him either with danger of life, or losse of lands or goods, nor neuer procéeded further than to dis|charge him of the court: which manie thought was the thing that pleased him best.Quéene Eli|sabeths words to Be|ningfield hir butcherlie kée|ker in the time of hir durance. At whose departing from hir presence, she vsed onelie these words, or the like in sense: God forgiue you that is past, and we doo: and if we haue anie prisoner whome we would haue hardlie handled and strectlie kept, then we will send for you.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The fiue and twentith of Maie, the erle of Deuon|shire was brought out of the tower at three of the clocke in the morning, sir Thomas Tresham knight, and maister Chamberlaine of Suffolke, with cer|teine of the gard, being appointed to attend on him to Fodringham castell in Northamptonshire, where he was assigned to remaine vnder custodie of the said sir Thomas Tresham and others.A gun shot as the preacher: Sée before pag. 1102. ¶On the tenth of Iune, the foresaid doctor Pendleton preached at Poules crosse, at whome a gun was shot, the pellet wherof went verie neere him, and light on the church wall: but the shooter could not be found. Anno Reg. 2. The lord Iohn Greie arreigned, pardoned, and released.] The ele|uenth of Iune the lord Iohn Greie, brother to the late duke of Suffolke, was arreigned at Westmin|ster in the Kings bench, and there condemned: but yet through the painfull trauell and diligent sute of the ladie Greie his wife, his pardon was obteined, and so he escaped with life, and was at length set at libertie, as after it shall appeare.

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