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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

—regis imago
Vulgus,Pal. in suo sag. & ad mores accedere principis optat.
Qualis enim rex est talis quoque subditus illi
Esse solet populus, studijsque tenetur [...]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Shortlie after, to wit, the 15. day of September, a councell was holden at Pipewell,A councell at Pipewell. where the bishops and abbats being assembled, there were in presence of the king and of the archbishop of Canturburie e|lected certeine bishops and abbats to such places as then were vacant: and amongst other William de Longchampe the kings chancellor was elected to the sée of Elie, Wil. Paruus. Geffrey the kings bastard brother vnto the archbishoprike of Yorke, who was the 32. in number that had gouerned the same, Geffrey de Lu|cie to Winchester, one Hubert Walter to Salisbu|rie, and Richard archdeacon of Elie, and the kings treasurer to the see of London. The abbeies that were prouided of abbats were these, Glastenburie, Shirborne, Persore and Feuersham. In like maner, Iohn the elect of Whitherne was consecrated bi|shop of that see,The bishop of Whitherne consecrated. Rog. Houed. by the hands of the archbishop of Du|blin. Also in this councell the king ordeined Hugh bishop of Durham, and William Mandeuille earle of Albemarle, lord chéefe iustices of England, hauing deposed Ranulfe de Glanuille from that roome.

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