Compare 1577 edition: 1 Of learned men, these we find by Iohn Bale re|gistred in the Centuries; Iohn Baconthrop borne in Blackney in Northfolke, a frier Carmelite, and prouinciall of his order, so excellentlie learned, as well in diuinitie, as in both the ciuill and canon lawes, that he procéeded doctor in either facultie at Oxenford and Paris, and wrote diuerse treatises, to his high and singular commendation; William O [...]|kam, Iohn Bloxham a Carmelite frier, Nicholas Triuet borne in Northfolke, sonne to sir Thomas Triuet knight, & one of the kings iusticiers, prooued excellentlie learned, and wrote diuerse treatises, and amongst other, two histories, and one booke of an|nales, he was by profession a blacke frier, and de|parted this life about the second yeare of this king EEBO page image 414 Edward the third, in the yeare of Christ 1328; Wil|liam Alnewike borne in Northumberland, in the towne whereof he tooke name, a frier Minor; Iohn Tanet borne in the Ile of Tanet, an excellent musi|cian, and a moonke in Canturburie; Hugh of saint Neot, a Carmelite frier in Hertfordshire, a notable diuine as those daies gaue; William Alton borne in Hampshire, a blacke frier and a diuine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore, Richard Stradley borne in the mar|ches of Wales, a moonke and a diuine, writing cer|teine treatises of the scripture; William Herbert a Welshman and a frier Minor, wrote also certeine goodlie treatises of diuinitie; Richard Coming|ton a frier of the order of the Cordeliers, a preacher, and a writer of diuinitie; William Exeter a doc|tor of diuinitie, and a prebendarie canon in Exe|ter, whereas it is thought he was borne; Lucas Bosden a westerne man, and by profession a Car|melite frier; Thomas Walleis a Dominike frier, a great diuine, as by such bookes as he wrote it may appeare; Thomas Pontius a moonke of Canturbu|rie, Iohn Ridewall a graie frier, Henrie Costesay or Cossey a frier Minor, Geffrie Aleuant borne in Yorkeshire, a frier Carmelite; Iohn Euersden, a moonke in Burie in Suffolke, an historiographer; Simon Burneston, a doctor of the Uniuersitie of Cambridge, and prouinciall of the friers Dominike or blacke friers, as they called them here in Eng|land; Walter Burlie a doctor of diuinitie, who in his youth was brought vp, not onlie in Martine college in Oxford, but also in the Uniuersities and schooles a|broad beyond the seas, in France and Germanie, & afterwards for his wisedome, good demeanor & lear|ning, he was reteined with the bishop of Ulmes in Suabenland, a region in high Germanie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Amongst other treatises which he compiled, be|ing manie, and namelie of naturall philosophie, he wrote a commentarie of the ethikes of Aristotle, and dedicated the same vnto the said bishop, a worke which hath beene highlie esteemed, not onelie in the Uniuersities of Italie, Germanie and France, but also here in our Uniuersities of England. To con|clude, such was the same of this doctor Burlie, that when the ladie Philip, daughter to the earle of Hei|nault should come ouer into England to be married to king Edward, this doctor Burlie was reteined by hir, and appointed to be hir almoner, and so conti|nued in great estimation, in so much that after Ed|ward prince of Wales, eldest sonne to king Edward commonlie called the blacke prince, was borne, and able to learne his booke, the said Burlie among o|ther was commanded to be one of his instructors.