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Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was one cruell theefe amongeſt the reſt,A theefe burnt to death. which had burned a houſe with a womã and hir children within it, he was burned to death.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 George Armeſtrong, brother to Iohn, was pardoned, to the ende he ſhoulde appeache the re|ſidue, which he did, ſo that they were apprehen|ded by the Kings commaundement, and puni|ſhed for theyr miſdoyngs according as they had deſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wonders ſeen in the firma|nent.In Auguſt following, many marueylous ſightes were ſeene about Striueling, as Candels burning vpon the toppes of hilles in the nightes, and in the morning afore Sunne ryſing: diuerſe armed men appeared fighting vpon the ground, which was taken to be a foretoken of ſome trou|ble to enſue in thoſe parties.

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