The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 808)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In the moneth of Februarie this yeare came am|bassadors from the king of Arragon and Castile,Ambassador [...] from the king of Spaine [...] aid against t [...] Moores. to require an aid of fiftéene hundred archers to be sent to the same king, hauing at that time war against the Moores, enimies of the christian faith. The king hearing their message gentlie granted their re|quest. And bicause the lord Thomas Darcie a knight of the garter,Lord Darc [...]e knight of the garter. made humble sute to the king to be ge|nerall of the crue that should be thus sent into Spaine, the king vpon trust of his approued valian|cie granted his desire. There were appointed to go with him the lord Anthonie Greie brother to the mar|quesse Dorset, Henrie Guilford, Weston Browne, and William Sidneie esquiers of the kings house, sir Robert Constable, sir Roger Hastings, and sir Rafe Elderton, with other gentlmen to be capteins.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 EEBO page image 809 Anno reg. [...].In this second yeare, the king being foorth on his progresse, heard euerie daie more & more complaints of Empson and Dudlei [...], set foorth and aduanced no doubt by the drift of their deadlie enimies. Where|fore,

The seuenth [...] hath Iohn Stow.

Empson and Dudleie be|headed.

he sent writs to the shiriffes of London, to put them to execution, and so the seuentéenth daie of Au|gust, they were both beheaded at the Tower hill, and both their bodies and heads buried, the one at the White friers, and the other at the Blacke friers. The king about this season was much giuen to plaie at te [...]isse,The king lost much monie at tenise. and at the dise, which appetite certeine craftie persons about him perceiuing, brought in French|men and Lombards to make wagers with him, & so lost much monie; but when he perceiued their craft, he eschued their companie and let them go.

¶On the first daie of Maie the king accompanied with manie lustie batchelers, Anno Reg. 3. [...] Hill in [...] 8. fol. xj. 1 [...]. on great and well doo|ing horsses rode to the wood to fetch Maie, where a man might haue séene manie a horsse raised on high with carrier, gallop, turne, and stop, meruellous to behold:The king and three other courtiers challengers. where he & three other, as sir Edward How|ard, Charles Brandon, and Edward Neuill, which were challengers with the king, shifted themselues into coats of gréene sattin garded with crimsin vel|uet. On the other part the earles of Essex, of Deuon|shire, the marquesse Dorset, & the lord Howard were all in crimsin satin, garded with a pounced gard of gréene veluet. And as they were returning on the hill, a ship met with them vnder saile: the maister hailed the king and that noble companie, and said that he was a mariner,A deuise of a ship vnder s [...]le and was come from many a strange port, and came thither to sée if anie déeds of armes were to be doone in the countrie, of the which he might make true report in other countries. An herald demanded the name of his ship; he answered she is called Fame, & is laden with good Renowme: then said the herald, If you will bring your ship into the baie of Hardinesse, you must double the point of Gentlenesse, and there you shall sée a companie that will meddle with your merchandize. Then said the king, Sithens Renowme is their merchandize, let vs buie it if we can. Then the ship shot a peale of guns, and sailed foorth before the kings companie, full of flags and banners, till it came to the tilt yard.