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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Now while he remained at Excester, he considered with himselfe, that he had doone nothing, if he could not get into his hands the chiefe head of this trouble and seditious businesse. Wherefore he caused the sanctuarie wherein Perkin was inclosed,Perkin in sanctuarie assaulted. to be inui|roned with two bands of light horssemen, to watch diligentlie, that Perkin should not escape by anie meanes foorth of that place vntaken: and withall at|tempted by faire promises of pardon and forgiuenes, if Perkin would submit himselfe to him and become his man. Perkin perceiuing himselfe so shut vp,Perkin sub|mitteth hi [...]|selfe to the king, and is streictlie séene [...]. that he could no waie escape, of his owne free will came out of the sanctuarie, and committed himselfe to the kings pleasure. When the king had thus atchiued his purpose, he returned to London, and appointed certeine keepers to attend on Perkin, which should not (the bredth of a naile) go from his person; least he should conueie himselfe by anie meanes out of EEBO page image 785 the land [and set new troubles abroth by such prac|tises as he had to fore vsed, for the aduancement of himselfe to the estate of a king, by assuming vnto himselfe the name of a kings sonne when in déed hee was come of base parentage. But Iacke will bee a gentleman, the long eared asse will be taken for a leopard, & the pelting p [...]ire for a lion as one saith:

M Pal. in Virg.Nunc se asinus pardum vocat & formic [...] leonem.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After this, the king caused inquiries to be made, of all such as had aided with men or monie the Cor|nish rebels, so that diuerse persons as well in Sum|mersetshire as Deuonshire were detected of that of|fense which he minded for example [...]ake should tast some part of due punishments for their [...]imes, ac|cording to the qualitie thereof. And therefore he ap|pointed Thomas lord Darcie,Cõmissioners appointed for [...]essing of their [...]ines that fauoured the Cornish rebels. Amisse Pa [...]le [...] knight, and Robert Sherborne deane of P [...]ules (that was after bishop of Chichester) to be commissioners for as|sessing of their sines that were found culpable. These commissioners so b [...]stirred themselues, in tossing the coffers and substance of all the inhabitants of both those shires, that there was not one person imbrued or spotted with the filth of that abhominable crime, that escaped the paine which he had deserued: but to such yet as offended rather by constreint than of ma|lice, they were gentle and fauourable, so that equitie therein was verie well and iustlie executed.

¶In this yeare all the gardens which had béene continued time out of mind,

Abr. Fl. ex I. S. pag 872. Gardens in Moore field [...] wast to make archers game.

Price of haie doubled.

Sebastian Gabato his discouerie of [...]n Iland of rich commo|dities.

without Moore gate of London, were destroied, and of them was made a plaine field for archers to shoot in. Also this yéere was a great drought, by reason whereof a load of haie, which was before sold at London at fiue shillings, was this yeare sold for ten or twelue more. Also this yeare, one Sebastian Gabato, a Genoas sonne, borne in Bristow, professing himselfe to be expert in knowledge of the circuit of the world, and Ilands of the same, as by his charts and other reasonable de|monstrations he shewed, caused the king to man and vittell a ship at Bristow, to search for an Iland which he knew to be replenished with rich commodites. In the ship diuerse merchants of London aduentured small stocks, and in the companie of this ship sailed also out of Bristow three or foure small ships fraight with slight and grosse wares, as course cloash, caps, lases, points, and such other.

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