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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Yee haue heard how king Iohn had conceiued no small displeasure against the moonks of the white or|der, for that they would not part with any monie, excusing themselues that they might not doo it, with|out consent of a generall chapiter of their order. Wherevpon the king had caused them diuerse waies to be molested, but cheefelie in restreining them of libertie to haue any horsses or other cattell going to pasture within his forrests. They therefore taking aduise togither, chose foorth twelue abbats amongst them of that order, the which in all [...]heir names went to Lincolne, there to make suit to the king (comming thither at this time to méet the king of Scots) that it would please him to remit his displeasure conceiued against them, and to take them againe into his protection.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This suit was so followed, although with some dif|ficultie, that at length, to wit, the sundaie after that the king of Scots had doone his homage, through the helpe and furtherance of the archbishop of Cantur|burie, they came to the kings spéech, and obteined so much, as they in reason might desire: for he pardo|ned them of all his passed displeasure, receiued them againe into his fauour, tooke them into his protecti|on, and commanded that all iniuries, greeuances and molestations should be reformed, redressed and amended, which in respect of his indignation had béene offered and doone to them by any manner of meanes. And to see the same accomplished, writs were directed vnto the shiriffes of the counties, bea|ring date from Lincolne the 27 of Nouember. And thus were those moonks for that time restored to the kings fauour, to their great commoditie and comfort.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Fiue moones.About the moneth of December, there were séene in the prouince of Yorke fiue moones, one in the east, the second in the west, the third in the north, the fourth in the south, and the fift as it were set in the middest of the other, hauing manie stars about it, and went fiue or six times incompassing the other, as it were the space of one houre, and shortlie after vanished a|waie. The winter after was extreamelie cold, more than the naturall course had beene aforetime. And in the spring time came a great glutting and continu|all raine, causing the riuers to rise with higher flouds than they had béene accustomed.

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