Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 After whose death, this yoong gentleman his sonne, being yet a child, was committed prisoner to the tower, where he remained vntill the beginning of the reigne of this quéene Marie (as before you haue heard.) This gentleman (as it appeared) was borne to be a prisoner, for from twelue yeares of age vnto thirtie, he had scarse two yeares libertie, within the which time he died, and obteined quiet, which in his life he could neuer haue. In the moneth of Maie next following,Ambassadors sent to treat a peace be|twéene the French king and the em|perour. cardinall Poole, who had bin a great la|bourer for peace betwéene the French king and the emperour, being accompanied with Stephan Gar|diner bishop of Winchester and chancellor of Eng|land, the erle of Arundell lord steward, and the lord Paget, were sent by the king and quéene ouer the sea to Calis, & from thence went to the towne of Marke where they met with the ambassadors of the emperor and the French king. From the emperour were sent the bishop of Arras with others. From the French king was sent the cardinall of Loraine, and the con|stable of France. In this treatie, cardinall Poole sat as president and vmpier in the name of the queene of England. This peace was greatlie laboured, where at the first, there was much hope, but in the end nothing was concluded: wherefore the seauen|teenth daie of Iune, this assemblie was dissolued, and the English ambassadours returned againe into England.

Abr. Fl. ex I. S. 1097.¶ In this moneth of August, in Suffolke, at a place by the sea side, all of hard stone and pibble, called in those parts a shelfe, lieng betwéene the townes of Oxford and Alborough, where neuer grew grasse, nor any earth was euer séene, there chanced in this barren place suddenlie to spring vp without any til|lage or sowing, great abundance of peason, whereof the poore gathered (as men iudged) aboue an hun|dred quarters;The necessitie of the poore re|lé [...]ued by Gods proui|dence. yet remained some ripe, & some blosso|ming, as manie as euer there were before. To the which place rode the bishop of Norwich, and the lord Willoughbie with others in great number, who found nothing but hard r [...]ckie stone for the space of thrée yards vnder the roots of those peason, which roots were great and long, and verie swéet in tast to the mouth of the eater, &c.

On Bartholomew euen,Disputation at Christs hospitall, as had béene accu+stomed at saint Bartholo|mewes in Smithfield, being an in|couragement to yoong scholers. after the Lord maior and aldermen of London had rid about Bartholomew faire, they came to Christes hospitall within New|gate, where they heard a disputation betwéene the scholers of Paules schoole, saint Anthonies schoole, and the scholers of the said hospitall, for whome was prouided thrée games, which was three pennes: the best pen of siluer and gilt, valued at fiue shillings, woone by a scholer of saint Anthonies schoole, and the maister of that schoole had six shillings eight pence: the second, a pen of siluer parcell gilt, valued at iiij. shillings, woone by a scholer of Paules schoole, & his maister had fiue shillings in monie: the third a pen of siluer, valued at thrée shillings, woone by a scholer of the said hospitall, and his maister had foure shil|lings. And there were two preests maisters of arts appointed for iudges, which had each of them a siluer rule for their paines, valued at six shillings eight pence the peece. The disputation being ended, the maior and aldermen entred the hall, where the chil|dren of the hospitall vse to dine, and had fruit & wine, and so departed.