Compare 1577 edition: 1 But in the meane time, and before this could be brought to passe, through a disordered mutinie which chanced among the Spanish souldiers, it so fell out, that the states of those low countries agréed with the prince of Orenge, and set themselues wholie against the Spaniards. Wherevpon the yoong count de Eg|mont, the marquesse de Hauerie entered the towne of Antwerpe, with a power of souldiers for the States, and meant to haue kept that towne against EEBO page image 1263 the Spaniards that held the castell.This was the fourth of Nouember, 5500 one with another slain, drowned and burned. But they doub|ting to be inclosed & shut vp by some siege, got more of their fellowes to them, entred the towne by force, & spitefullle killing no small number of people, sac|ked the towne, and put aswell the townesmen as o|thers that were merchants resident there to their ransoms. Amongst other our Englishmen escaped not altogither frée, so as diuerse were spoiled of that they had, and the whole number put to their ransome; although vpon the sending ouer of doctor Wilson hir maiesties ambassador, so much of the ransome as remained vnpaid was promised to be remitted.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thus were our merchants euill intreated on each hand, by reason of those ciuill tumults in the low countries, aswell this yeare as in the former yeares past, and small hope would be of better successe there, if some end should not be had of that ciuill dissenti|on, which hath so long continued betwixt the king of Spaine and his subiects in those countries, not one|lie to the hinderance of themselues, but also of others that haue to trade among them, speciallie for traffike sake and intercourse of merchandize.A conclusion of peace be|twéene the parties before diuided. But at length they haue compounded their controuersies, and are growen to a full agréement and perfect conclusion of peace, which God grant may take place so effec|tuallie, as may turne to the quietnesse and publike commoditie not onlie of those countries but of their neighbors, whereby merchants and passengers may in suertie passe to and fro without disturbance, so as no occasion be giuen of breach of leagues and ami|ties betwixt princes and countries, but that the same may be mainteined to Gods glorie, and the suertie of the christian commonwealth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this yeare the right honorable Walter Deue|reux earle of Essex and Eu, earle marshall of Ire|land, vicount Hereford and Bourcher, lord Ferrers of Chartlie, Bourcher & Louaine, knight of the most noble order of the garter, fell sicke of a loosenesse of his bodie the one and twentith of August being fri|daie, and for the space of two and twentie daies togi|ther he was so grieuouslie tormented therwith, that finallie on saturdaie the two & twentith of Septem|ber he departed out of this transitorie life,Walter Deue|reux earle of Essex depar|teth this life. passing from hence to the ioies of heauen, as by his godlie end all that were about him gaue testimonie. The losse of this noble man was greatlie béemoned, as|well by the English as Irish, for the noble courage, vertuous q [...]lities, and tender zeale to the aduance|ment of th [...] commonwealth which appéered in him. ¶So that it were a fowle fault in the highest degree, Abr. Fl. ex con|cione funebri, vt patet in contex|tu. not to laie vp some commemoration of so worthie and well deseruing a gentleman, both of prince and people, in perpetuall records: which I will doo by Gods grace none otherwise than I am lead by such matter, yea memorable matter, as I find in a fune|rall sermon, made by the reuerend father in God Richard bishop of saint Dauis, at the buriall of this right honorable earle of Essex, in the parish church of Caermerthin in Wales, where the said bishop ta|king for his text these words of S. Iohn, in the 14 of the reuelation, Audiui vocem de coelo, dicentem: Beati mortui, &c. I heard a voice from heauen, saieng: Bles|sed are the dead that die in the Lord, &c. After he had discoursed vpon the text as the spirit of God gaue him vtterance, he descended at last to a particular treatise tending wholie to the praise of this right no|ble man: saieng in sort as followeth.