Compare 1587 edition: 1 It is ſaide, that during the tyme whyleſt ſuch ſtraight puniſhment was exerciſed againſt offendors by the miniſters of the lawes therto by him auctoriſed & aſſigned: it fortuned that a carle of the countrey, bicauſe he durſt not ſteale other mens goodes, ſtale his owne plough yrons, yt he might haue the value of them recõpenced to him by the Sheriffe: Neuertheleſſe ſuch earneſt dili|gence was vſed in the ſerche and triall, who had the plough yrons, that finally the trouth came to light,Vpright iu|ſtice. whervpon for his craftie falſhood the partie giltie was hanged, as he had well deſerued.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The gouernor himſelf for yt he ſaw how hard it was to reduce them that had bin brought vp in ſlouthfull loytering, vnto honeſt exerciſe, helpe euer aboute him a guarde of warlyke perſons, EEBO page image 331 that he myght the more eaſily oppreſſe all ſtub|borne offenders, which would not ſubmit them|ſelues to his commaundementes.