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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The chiefeſt cauſe that moued the Scottiſhe Clergie to withdrawe their obedience from the primarie of Yorke, was the diſſention and con|tinuall enimitie betwixt the two nations for ſu|perioritie in temporall cauſes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame yeare yt this councel was holden at Northamptõ, ſundry vnketh wonders wer ſeene in Albion.Wonders. On Midſommer day being the feaſt day of the Natiuitie of Sainte Iohn the Bap|tiſt,Hayle. there fell ſuche a ſtorme of haile, that it kil|led manie ſhepe and ſmal cattel: people that wer out of houſes, and from vnder couert any where abroade, were beaten to the earth with violence of that ſtorme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſun dark|ned.The ſunne in September aboute noonetide was darkned for the ſpace of two houres toge|ther, without any eclipſe or cauſe natural by in|terpoſition of clowdes.

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