Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The citie before those daies euer since the comming in of William Conquerour, and a good while before his time, was gouerned by certeine officers or ru|lers named Port Greues (which word is deriued of two Saxon words,Port Greues. as Port and Greue. By Port is meant a towne, and by Greue a gardian or ruler, as who should saie, A kéeper or ruler of a towne.) These rulers with the lawes & customes then vsed within this citie, were registred in a booke called (as some haue said) Doomesdaie, but through negligence after these lawes and customes were changed and altered, the booke was lost, so that the remembrance of such rulers as were before the daies of this Richard the first, are not to be had. These bailiffes euer entred at Michaelmasse, and so continued foorth their yeare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Thus began the citie first to receiue the forme and state of a common-wealth, and to be diuided into fe|lowships, which they call crafts or corporations. Such also are admitted to the fellowships of these compa|nies,Apprentises. as haue truelie serued as apprentises a certeine number of yeares, as seuen at the least, vnder which time of seruice expired, there is none made frée, nor suffered to inioy the liberties of that citie, sauing such as are borne free, that is to saie, of fréemen with|in the citie,Fréemen. of whome at this time, it is not much ma|teriall to make any further report. The citie thus consisting of the said craftes or occupations, chooseth out of the same a senat or companie of graue coun|cellours, whom they name Aldermen (E) changed into (A) according to the old Saxon pronuntiation.Wards. It is also diuided into 26. tribes or wards, of the which euerie one hath his seuerall Alderman, or ouer|s [...]er, who haue both authoritie sufficient, and large priuileges to mainteine the good gouernement of their portions withall. Out of the number of these, there is another officer yearelie chosen and appoin|ted, called the Maior,The Maior. who ruleth all the rest.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to returne vnto the further dooings of king Richard before his departure out of England towards his iournie into the land of Palestine, com|monlie called Holie land, it is said, he made such sale of things apperteining to him, as well in right of the crowne, as otherwise, that it séemed to diuerse he made his reckoning neuer to returne againe, in so much that some of his councellours told him plaine|lie, that he did not well in making things awaie so freelie,K. Richard setteth things on sale. Ran. Higd. Wil. Paruus. to the dishonoring of his maiestie, and preiu|dice of his successour; vnto whom he answered, that in time of néed it was no euill policie for a man to helpe himselfe with his owne, and further ioined hereto these words,

that if London at that time of néed would be bought, he would surelie sell it, if he might méet with a conuenient merchant that were able to giue him monie inough for it.