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.

King Philip went ouer seas,King Philip went ouer in|to Flanders. and landed at Calis on the fourth of September, where he was honora|bly receiued by the lord deputie, & the maior of the sta|ple of Calis, an alderman of London named sir Andrew Iud, presenting his maiestie with a purse & a thousand marks of gold in it: that night the king was lodged in staple inne: and on the morrow he departed from Calis towards Brussels in Brabant, to visit the emperor his father: he gaue at his depar|ting among the souldiors of the towne of Calis, a thousand crownes of gold, and there accompanied him in his iournie of English lords, the earle of A|rundell lord steward of the quéenes house, the earle of Penbroke, the earle of Huntington, and others. On Michaelmasse euen, the prisoners that laie in the counter in Bredstréet,New counter in Woodstréet. were remoued to a new coun|ter made in Woodstréet of the cities purchase & buil|ding, the which remoouing was confirmed by a com|mon councell assembled at the Guildhall for that purpose.