Compare 1577 edition: 1 This yeare, the hot burning feuers and other strange diseases, which began the yeare before,Great death. con|sumed much people in all parts of England; but namelie, of most ancient and graue men: so that in London, betwéene the twentith of October, and the last of December, there died seuen aldermen, whose names were Henrie Heardson,Seuen alder|men of Lon|don dead in one yeare. sir Richard Dobs late maior, sir William Laxton late maior, sir Henrie Hoblethorne late maior, sir Iohn Champ|neis late maior, sir Iohn Aileph late shiriffe, and sir Iohn Gresham late maior. Ab. Fl. ex I. Stow. 1103. Fecknam abbat of Westminster. ¶ The one & twentith of Nouember, Iohn Fecknam late deane of Pauls in London, now made abbat of Westmin|ster, was stalled, and tooke possession of the same: and fourtéene monks more receiued the habit with him that daie of the order of saint Benet.False accuser set on the pil|lorie & burnt in both chéeks; would to God all such accusers were so well marked. The said one and twentith of Nouember, a man was brought from Westminster hall riding with his face to the horsse taile, and a paper on his head, to the stan|dard in Cheape, and there set on the pillorie, and then burned with an hot iron on both his chéekes, with two letters F. and A. for false accusing one of the court of the common plées in Westminster of trea|son.

The sixtéenth of December,A stranger would haue murdered the kéeper of Newgate. Gregorie Carpen|ter smith, and a Frenchman borne, was arreig|ned for making counterfeit keies, wherewith to haue opened the locks of Newgate, to haue slaine the kéeper, and let foorth the prisoners. At which time of his arreignement, hauing conueied a knife into his sléeue, he thrust it into the side of William Whit|rents his fellow prisoner, who had giuen witnesse a|gainst him, so that he was in great perill of death thereby. For the which fact he was immediatlie ta|ken from the barre into the street before the iustice hall, where his hand being first stricken off, he was hanged on a gibbet set vp for that purpose. The kée|per of Newgate was arreigned & indicted, for that the said prisoner had a weapon about him, and his hands loose, which should haue beene bound.A gun shot in|to the court at Greene|wich. The fourth of Ianuarie, a ship before Gréenewich (the court being there) shot off hir ordinance, one péece being charged with a bullet of stone, which passed through the wals of the court, and did no more hurt.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About this time came to London an ambassador to the queene from the emperor of Cathaie, Musco|uia, and Russeland,An ambassa|dor out of Muscouia. who was honorablie receiued at Totenham by the merchants of London, hauing trade in those countries, riding in veluet coates and chaines of gold, who bare all his costs and char|ges from the time of his entrie into England out of Scotland: for thither by tempest of weather he was driuen, and there forced to land. Iohn Stow. ¶ The lord Monta|cute with the quéens pensioners met him at Isling|ton townes end; and at Smithfield barres the lord maior and aldermen in scarlet receiued him, and conueied him through the citie vnto maister Dim|mocks house in Fanchurch street, where he lodged vntill the twelfe of Maie, all which time he wanted no resort.] And after his message and ambassage doone to the quéene, he departed againe with thrée faire ships from Grauesend into his countrie, when he had remained here by the space of two moneths and more.