A woman burnt at Tun|bridge for poi|soning hir husband.The ninteenth of Iulie a woman was burnt at Tunbridge in Kent for poisoning of hir husband: and two daies before a man, named Oxleie, was hanged at Maidstone for being accessarie to the same fact. The tenth of August a rare péece of worke and almost incredible,Rare worke|manship shew|ed in the com|passe of a penie by the hand|writing of an Englishman. was brought to passe by an Englishman borne in the citie of London named Peter Bales, who by his industrie and practise of his pen, contriued and writ within the compasse of a pe|nie in Latine, the Lords praier; the créed, the ten commandements, a praier to God, a praier for the quéene, his posie, his name, the daie of the moneth, the yeare of our Lord, and the reigne of the quéene. And on the seuentéenth of August next following at Hampton court he presented the same to the quéens maiestie in the head of a ring of gold, couered with a christall, and presented therewith an excellent specta|cle by him deuised for the easier reading thereof: wherewith hir maiestie read all that was written therein with great admiration, and commended the same to the lords of the councell, and the ambassa|dors, and did weare the same manie times vpon hir finger.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This yeare, by reason of the troubles in the low countries, Anno Reg. 18. 1576 the English merchants susteined great losses diuers waies. For the men of warre that kept the seas,English mer|chants su|steine great losse by sea; and why? aduowing themselues to be reteined with the prince of Orenge, vnder colour to serch for their aduersaries goods, oftentimes boorded the English ships as they met with them on the seas, smallie to the profit of them to whome the same ships and goods apperteined. Some they staied and tooke awaie with them. And at length there was a generall restraint made by the prince of Orenge, that no English ships should passe to or fro the towne of Antwerpe by the riuer of Scheld, such being arrested and detei|ned at Flishing as were comming downe that ri|uer, and other likewise that were bound vp the same time towards Antwerpe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The English merchants,The English merchants complaine to the quéene of their wrongs. féeling themselues thus molested and damnified at sundrie seasons, exhibi|ted their complainis to the quéenes maiesties coun|cell, who accordinglie dealt from time to time with the prince of Orenge and his deputies for redresse, but speciallie now vpon this generall restreint. And although great difficultie appeared in the matter, as|well for contenting of the aduenturors of Flishing, as for that there had beene foure ships belonging to the prince arrested and staied at Falmouth:These foure ships were staied for sa|tisfaction of one Simons ship, out of the which a Flishingec had taken cer|teine tuns of Canarie wines. at length yet such English ships as were kept and holden at Flishing were released and sent home; but not till two of the English merchants aduenturors Martin Caltrop & William Go|dard. men of good calling and estimation (hauing first as hath bin said made a certeine maner of protest) were faine to enter into bond for the loane of a summe of monie, and were therewith kept at Flishing till the con|tract in that behalfe might be performed. Whervpon the quéenes maiestie, misliking that hir subiects should be thus hardlie dealt with, armed and set foorth certeine of hir ships, which going to the seas to see that hir subiects might trauerse the same in safetie, tooke diuerse of the Flishingers vessels, and brought them into the English streames. The Flishingers herewith on the other part tooke and arrested other of the English ships,The troubles increase. so that the troubles séemed rather to increase than to be in any wise appeased: although afterwards by sending to and fro, the matter was taken vp, and such order had as was thought to stand verie well for the suertie, commoditie, and good li|king of the English merchants.