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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The foure and twentith of December,An obsequie kept for the emperour. being the euen of the natiuitie of our Lord, was a solemne ob|sequie kept in the abbeie church of Westminster, for Charles the seuenth late emperour, who departed this life in September last, the one and twentith of the same moneth, in the monasterie of S. Iustus in Castile, being then of age about eight and fiftie yeares, hauing gouerned the empire before he re|nounced the same a six and thirtie yeares; and his kingdoms of Castile, Arragon, Naples, Sicill, and others, aboue fortie yeares.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer in this yeare 1558 there died two of the said emperors sisters,The deceasse of the queene of France. that went with him into Spaine, after he had resigned the empire, to wit, queene Leonor, first maried vnto Emanuell king of Portugall, and after his deceasse vnto the French king Francis the first of that name: she deceassed in Februarie last past. His other sister Marie, quéene of Hungarie, late regent of the low countries,The deceasse of the quéene of Hungarie. de|ceassed on saint Lukes daie, the eightéenth of Octo|ber last past. And so the one preuenting him, the other EEBO page image 1172 taried not long after him, in so much that king Phi|lip did celebrate the exequies in the towne of Brus|sels, of his father the emperour, of his aunt Marie queene of Hungarie, and of his wife Marie quéene of England, in this present moneth of December subsequentlie, after the most pompous and solemne manner.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 On sundaie the first of Ianuarie, by vertue of the quéenes proclamation,1559. the English letanie was read accordinglie as was vsed in hir graces chappell in churches through the citie of London.The letanie. The epistle and gospell in English. And like|wise the epistle and gospell of the daie began to be read in the same churches at masse time in the Eng|lish toong, by commandement giuen by the lord ma|ior, according to the tenour of the same proclamati|on, published the thirtith of the last month. On thurs|daie the twelfe of Ianuarie,The quéene remooueth [...] West|minster to the tower by water. the queenes maiestie re|mooued from hir palace of Westminster by water vnto the tower of London, the lord maior and alder|men in their barge, and all the citizens with their barges decked and trimmed with targets and ban|ners of their mysteries accordinglie attending on hir grace.

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