Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 In Sepermber, much hurt was doone, Anno Reg. 1 [...]. Great tem|pests. thorough excéeding great thunder, lightening, and tempests, which chanced in manie parts of England, but speci|allie in Cambridgeshire, where manie houses were burned, with no small quantitie of corne. Great in|undations and flouds of water followed shortlie af|ter in October, which did much hurt at Burie,Much hurt doone by gre [...] flouds in Suffolke. and Newmarket in Suffolke, where it ouerthrew wals of houses, and put men and women in great danger of drowning. In Essex also in September,A great [...] in Essex. great mortalitie fell by pestilence amongst the people, whereof manie died. ¶The towne of Chierburg was restored againe to the king of Nauarre, who had in|gaged it to the king of England, for two thousand markes. ¶ A parlement was holden at Westmin|ster, which began in the octaues of saint Hilarie. ¶The king purposing to go ouer into Ireland, requi|red a subsidie, the cleargie granted to him a whole tenth, toward the furnishing foorth of that iournie, if EEBO page image 481 he went himselfe; if he went not, yet they agréed to giue to him the moitie of a tenth. In time of this par|lement, there appeared great euill will to remaine betwixt the duke of Lancaster and the earle of A|rundell,Uariance be|tweene the duke of Lan|caster and the earle of Arun|dell. for the duke imposed to the earle, that about the Exaltation of the crosse, he laie with a companie of armed men in the castell of Holt by Chester, the same time that the countrie there rose against the duke, with their capteine Nicholas Cliffon, and his complices, whome he ment (as the duke alledged) to haue aided against him: but this the earle flatlie de|nied, and with probable reasons so excused himselfe, as the quarrell at length was taken vp, and the par|ties for the time well quieted.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The death of queene Anne.This yeare on Whitsundaie being the seauenth of Iune, quéene Anne departed this life, to the great greefe of hir husband king Richard, who loued hir in|tirelie. She deceassed at Shene, and was buried at Westminster, vpon the south side of saint Edwards shrine.The K. defa|ceth the house of Shene bi|cause the queéne died there. The king tooke such a conceit with the house of Shene, where she departed this life, that he caused the buildings to be throwne downe and defaced, where|as the former kings of this land, being wearie of the citie, vsed customablie thither to resort, as to a place of pleasure, and seruing highlie to their recreation. Thus the king, the duke of Lancaster, and his sonne the earle of Derbie, were widowers, all in one sea|son: for the ladie Constance duchesse of Lancaster daughter to Peter king of Spaine, deceassed the last yeare, whilest hir husband the duke of Lancaster was at the treatie in France: at the same time al|so deceassed the countesse of Derbie, wife to the lord Henrie earle of Derbie. ¶Moreouer, in this yeare 1394, Isabell duchesse of Yorke departed this life, that was halfe sister to the duchesse of Lancaster, be|ing borne of one mother. She was buried at Lang|leie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Anno Reg. 18. A proclamati|on that all I|rishmen shuld returne into their countrieThis yeare in August, was a proclamation set foorth, that all Irishmen should auoid this land, and returne home into their owne countrie, before the feast of the Natiuitie of our ladie, on paine of death. The occasion of which proclamation was, for that such multitudes of Irishmen were come ouer into this region, in hope of gaine, that the countries in Ireland,The English pale in Irelãd almost left desolate. subiect to England, were in manner left void of people, so that the enimies spoiled and wasted those countries at their pleasure, finding few or none to withstand them. And where king Edward the third had placed in Ireland his bench and iudges, with his excheker, for the good administration of iu|stice and politike gouernement to be vsed there, he receiued from thence yearelie in reuenues and pro|fits, comming to his owne cofers, the summe of thir|tie thousand pounds:The yearelie reuenues of Ireland in K. Edward the third his daies. the king now laid foorth no lesse a summe to repell the enimies, which by absence of those that were come ouer hither, could not other|wise be resisted, sith the power of the rebels was so increased, and the force of the countries subiect, tho|rough lacke of the former inhabitants, so dimini|shed. ¶About the feast of the Natiuitie of our ladie, the king set forward to passe into Ireland, hauing made such preparation for that iournie, as the like for Ireland had not béene heard of at anie time be|fore. There went out with him the duke of Glocester, the earles of March, Notingham, and Rutland, the lord Thomas Persie lord steward, and diuerse other of the English nobilitie.