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Compare 1587 edition: 1 But at this tyme, the king had ſente forth a Nauie to brenne all thoſe veſſelles, wherein EEBO page image 277 robbers hadde paſſed ouer and had left at anket, by reaſon wherof when they were encloſed in on euery ſide by the king, and taken priſoners, they after ſuffered death on the wheele,Death on the wheele. according to the maner of the ciuill lawe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Abirbrothok is buyldded.The king in his returne from this iourneye, came by the abbey of Abirbrothok, to [...]ewe the worke of that houſe, how it went forward, com|manding them that wer ouerſeers & maſters of ye woorks to ſpare for no coſtes, but to bring it vp to perfection, and that with moſt magnificence.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After his departure frõ thẽce, he tooke the way toward Bertha,Gilcriſt del|uing cloddes. & by aduẽture eſpied where Gil|criſt was deluing vp turfes togither with his .ij. ſons, & though he knew not what they were, yet he mufed to ſee two ſuch goodly yong men, as by reſemblance they appeared to be, to be thus oc|cupied in ſuche toyling and baſe labour.

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