Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 EEBO page image 1133 The lord Sturton committeth a shamefull murther.Also about this time, the lord Sturton, for a verie shamefull and wretched murther committed by him vpon two gentlemen, the father and the son, of the surnames of Hargill, being his neere neighbors, whom he caused to be smitten downe with clubs, then their throtes to be cut, and after to be buried in his owne house fiftéene foot deepe; for the which heinous offense he was apprehended and committed to the tower of London. And although the quéene séemed to fauour him much, as one professing the catholike religion: yet when she vnderstood the truth of his vile déed, she abhorred him, & commanded that he should be vsed according to iustice; wherefore shortlie after, he was brought to Westminster, & there arreigned & found guiltie, & had iudgement as a murtherer to be hanged. And for the same fact were likewise con|demned foure of his seruants. And the second daie of March next following, the said lord with his foure seruants were conueied by the queens gard from the tower of London through the citie, he hauing his armes pinioned at his backe, & his legs bound vnder the horsse bellie, and so caried to Salisburie, where the sixt daie of March next, he was hanged in the market place,The lord Sturton han|ged. and his foure seruants were hanged in the countrie neere vnto the place where the murther was committed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Abr. Fl. ex I. S. 1105. Dearth and plentie.¶This yeare before haruest, wheat was sold for foure marks the quarter, malt at foure & fortie shil|lings the quarter, beans & rie at fortie shillings the quarter, & pease at six and fortie shillings and eight pence: but after haruest wheat was sold for fiue shil|lings the quarter, malt at six shillings eight pence, rie at thrée shillings foure pence. So that the penie wheat loafe, that weied in London the last yéere but eleuen ounces Troie, weied now six and fiftie oun|ces Troie. In the countrie, wheat was sold for foure shillings the quarter, malt at foure shillings eight pence; and in some places a bushell of rie for a pound of candles which was foure pence. The seauenth of September, Iohn Caius. at seauen of the clocke at night, in a blacke rainie cloud in the west was séene a rainbow, the moone in the east risen one houre before, and faire shining, and at the full the daie before.] This present moneth of March king Philip,The returne of king Phi|lip into Eng|land. who a long season had béene in Flanders to take possession & gouernment of the low countries (as is aforsaid) did now returne into England, and passed through London, being ac|companied with the quéene and diuerse nobles of the realme.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The foure and twentith of Aprill Thomas Staf|ford, second sonne to the lord Stafford, with other to the number of two and thirtie persons, comming forth of France by sea, arriued at Scarborough in Yorkeshire, where they tooke the castell, and held the same two daies, and then were taken without ef|fusion of bloud by the earle of Westmerland. The said Stafford and Richard Sanders, otherwise cal|led capteine Sanders,Stafford and others com|mitted to the tower, and af|ter executed. with three or foure others, of the which one was a Frenchman, were sent vp to London, & there committed to prison in the tower. The said Stafford and foure others were arreigned and condemned. Wherevpon the eight and twentith of Maie, being fridaie, the said Stafford was behea|ded on the tower hill; and on the morrow thrée of his companie, as Strellie, Bradford, and Proctor, were drawen from the tower to Tiborne, and there execu|ted. Their heads were set ouer the bridge, and their quarters ouer the gates about the same citie. Cap|teine Sanders had his pardon, and so escaped. The first of Maie Thomas Persie was made knight,Thomas Persie crea|ted earle of Northum|berland. and after lord, and on the next daie he was created earle of Northumberland. The queene gaue vnto him all the lands which had béene his ancestors, re|maining at that time in hir hands.