Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king being aduertised of this riotous attempt EEBO page image 119 of the outragious people, sent some of his councel|lours, as Ranulfe de Glanuille lord iustice, and other officers to appease the tumult: but their authoritie was nothing regarded, nor their persuasions any whit reuerenced, but their thretnings rather brought themselues in danger of life among the rude sort of those that were about to spoile, rob, and sacke the houses and shops of the Iewes: to the better accom|plishment of which their vnlawfull act, the light that the fire of those houses which burned, gaue after it was once night, did minister no small helpe and oc|casion of furtherance. The Iewes that were in those houses which were set on fire,Iewes burnt to death. were either smoldred and burned to death within, or else at their com|ming foorth most cruellie receiued vpon the points of speares, billes, swords and gleaues of their aduer|saries that watched for them verie diligentlie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This outrage of the furious and disordered people continued from the middest of the one day, till two of the clocke on the other; the commons all that while neuer ceassing their furie against that nation, but still killing them as they met with any of them, in most horrible, rash and vnreasonable maner. At length, rather wearied with their cruell dooings, than satisfied with spoile, or mooued with respect of reason or reuerence of their prince, they withdrew them|selues from their riotous enterprise, after they had executed manie vnlawfull and horrible enormities. This great riot well deserued sore and gréeuous pu|nishment, but yet it passed ouer without correction, in respect of the great number of the transgressors, and for that the most part of men for the hatred gene|rallie conceiued against the obstinate frowardnesse of the Iewes, liked the dooings hereof well inough, interpreting it to be a good token, that the ioifull daie of the kings aduancement to the crowne should be dolefull vnto the Iewes, in bringing them to such slaughter and destruction. Finallie, after that the tu|mult was ceassed, the king commanded that no man should hurt or harme any of the Iewes, and so they were restored to peace, after they had susteined infinit damage.
¶ The occasion of this tragedie and bloudie tu|mult (redounding to the Iewes great vexation and pitifull distresse, but to the satisfieng of the peoples furious and vnbridled pronesse to crueltie) sprang principallie from the king, who if he had not so light|lie esteemed of the Iewes when they repaired vnto him with their present, in signe of submission and hope of obteining their sute then purposed to be exhi|bited; this hurlie burlie had not insued. For it was a violent example & a mightie motiue to the people to maligne the Iewes; as also a hart-gréefe to them in respect of their reiection, when the prince gaue them so discourteous a repulse. Here therefore is to be ob|serued, that the people is the princes ape, as one ve|rie well saith. For looke whereto he is inclined, note wherein he delighteth; the same is the practise of the people: in consideration whereof the mightie ones of the world haue speciall cause to haue an eie to their course of life, & to set caueats before their acti|ons, that the people may in them sée none but good signes of commendable & vertuous imitation. For
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