Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Againe, the said duke the twentith daie of Fe|bruarie, in the sixt yeare of the kings reigne, being at Thorneburie, spake these words vnto Rafe earle of Westmerland; Well, there are two new dukes created here in England, but if ought but good come to the king, the duke of Buckingham should be next in bloud to sucéed to the crowne. After this, the said duke on the sixtéenth daie of Aprill, in the said sixt yeare of the kings reigne, went in person vnto the priorie of Henton, and there had conference with the foresaid monke, Nicholas Hopkins, who told him, that he should be king. Wherevnto the duke said, that if it so chanced,The duke & the monke haue confe|rence saith the indict|ment. he would shew himselfe a iust and a righteous prince. The monke also told the duke, that he knew this by reuelation, and willed him in anie wise to procure the loue of the commons, the better to atteine his purposed intention.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke at the same time gaue, and promised to giue yearelie vnto the said priorie, six pounds, there|with to buie a tun of wine. And further he promised to giue vnto the same priorie, in readie monie twen|tie pounds, whereof ten pounds he gaue in hand, to|wards the conueieng of water vnto the house by a conduit. And to the said monke Nicholas Hopkins he gaue at that present in reward three pounds, and at an other time fortie shillings, at an other time a marke, and at an other time six shillings eight pense. After this, the twentith daie of March, in the tenth yeare of the kings reigne, he came to the same prio|rie, & eftsoones had conference with the said monke, to be more fullie informed by him in the matters a|boue specified. At what time the monke also told him, that he should be king. The duke in talke told the monke, that he had doone verie well, to bind his chapleine Iohn de la Court, vnder the seale of con|fession, to kéepe secret such matter: for if the king should come to the knowledge thereof, it would be his destruction.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Likewise, the twentith daie of October, in the se|uenth yeare of the kings reigne, and at diuerse other times, as well before as after,Robert Gil|bert the dukes chapleine and chancellor his errand to London. the said duke had sent his chancellor Robert Gilbert chapleine, vn|to London, there to buie certeine cloathes of gold, siluer, and veluets, euerie time so much as amoun|ted to the woorth of thrée hundred pounds; to the in|tent the said duke might bestow the same, as well vpon knights, esquiers, gentlemen of the kings house, and yeomen of his gard, as vpon other the kings subiects, to win their fauours and freendships to assist him in his euill purpose. Which cloathes the said Gilbert did buie, and brought the same vnto the said duke, who the twentith daie of Ianuarie, in the said seuenth yeare, & diuerse other daies and yeares before and after, did distribute and giue the same vn|to certeine of the kings subiects for the purpose afore EEBO page image 864 recited, as by the indictment it was inferred.