¶ In the moneth of Nouember, Abr. Fl. ex I. S. 681. in the Ile of Port|land not farre from the towne of Weimouth, was seene a cocke comming out of the sea, hauing a great crest vpon his head, and a great red beard, and legs of halfe a yard long: he stood on the water & crowed foure times, and euerie time turned him about, Fabian. and beckened with his head, toward the north, the south, and the west, and was of colour like a fesant, & when he had crowed thrée times, he vanished awaie. And shortlie after were taken at Erith within twelue miles of London, foure great and woonderfull fishes whereof one was called Mors marina, the second a sword fish, the other two were whales.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The French nation, Anno Reg. 35. hearing of the ciuall dissen|tion within the realme here, and for an old grudge séeking our annoie, two nauies appointed they to in|uade the townes standing vpon the riuage of the sea. The capteins of the one fléet was William lord Po|miers, and of the other sir Peter Bressie, a great ru|ler in Normandie. These two capteins, taking their course out of the mouth of Saine, seuered themsel|ues, the one westward; and the other eastward, which was sir Peter Bressie, who sailing alongst the coasts of Sussex and Kent, durst not yet take land, but staid in the Downes: and there hauing by espiall perfect notice that Sandwich was neither peopled nor fortified (because that a little before,Sandwich spoiled by the French. the rulers of the towne were from thense departed, for to a|uoid the plague, which sore there afflicted and siue the people) he entered the hauen, spoiled the towne, and after such poore stuffe as he there found rifled and taken, he fearing an assemblie of the countrie, short|lie gat him awaie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The lord Pomiers likewise tooke his course west|ward,Fulnaie. & by night burning certeine houses in Fulnaie with a little pillage retired into Britaine. The Scots also (busie like flies where no flap to fraie them) en|tered into Northumberland (king Iames the second being there in person) & burned certeine poore houses,The Scots inuade Eng|land. and little cottages: but in the verie middest of their great enterprise, they hearing of the duke of Yorkes marching toward them with a great host, with much paine and no gaine in all hast returned to their coun|trie. But now to passe ouer outward inuasions, & to intreat of the dailie disorder amongest the nobles at home. So was it, that a great conflict fell betwéene the lord Egremond, & the sonnes of the erle of Salis|burie; in which manie persons were slaine, & a great number hurt. The lord Egremond, séeking to get a|waie but could not,The lord E|gremond com|mitted to Newgate. by force was taken & brought be|fore the councell: where the king and the queene, to shew themselues indifferent, adiudged him to paie to the earle of Salisburie a great summe of monie; and for his heinous offense against the lawes, was committed to Newgate in London, out of which he escaped, to the great trouble of the shiriffes.He made an escape.