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Compare 1577 edition: 1 3 That the king should resume and take into his hands againe, all such portions and parcels of inhe|ritance belonging to the crowne, as he had giuen a|way, or were otherwise vsurped by any maner of person, and that all those possessions which by any in|trusion had béene violentlie taken from the right owners, since the daies of king Henrie, should be re|stored to them that were rightlie possessed in the same by the daies of the said king.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 4 That all those castels, which contrarie to all rea|son and good order had béene made and builded by any maner of person in the daies of king Stephan, Matth. Paris. Castels to be razed in num|ber. 1115. should be ouerthrowne and cast downe, which were found to be eleuen hundred and fifteene.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 5 That the king should reforme all such disorders as warre had brought in; to restore farmers to their holdings, to repaire decaied buildings, to store pa|stures and leassues with cattell, hils with sheepe, &c.

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