Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 About this season, the craftie practises of one E|lizabeth Barton,Elizabeth Barton. named the holie man of Kent, came to light and were discouered: so that she and hir adherents in Nouember folowing were brought to the Starchamber, & there before the kings coun|cell confessed their feined hypocrisie and dissembled holinesse, traitorous purposes and intents. The names of those hir adherents, which were presented with hir before the lords in the Starchamber were as followeth: Richard Master priest, parson of Al|dington in Kent: Edward Bocking doctor in diui|nitie, a moonke of Canturburie: Richard Dering, moonke also of Canturburie: Edward Twaites gentleman: Thomas Laurence register to the archdeacon of Canturburie: Henrie Gold parson of Aldermarie, bachellor of diuinitie: Hugh Rich frier obseruant: Richard Rifbie: and Thomas Gold gentleman. They were adiudged vpon their confes|sion aforesaid,Penance at Pauls crosse. to stand at Pauls crosse in the sermon time, where they with their owne hands should seue|rallie deliuer ech of them to the preacher that should be appointed, a bill, declaring their subtill, craftie, and superstitious dooings. Which thing they did the sundaie next following, standing vpon a stage at the crosse erected for that purpose. But for their trea|sons commited, the order was respited till the par|lement next following, in the which they were at|tainted, and suffered (as after ye shall heare.)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane time, the Scots were not quiet, but still robbed the kings subiects both by sea and land:The Scots mooue warre. wherevpon the king caused them to be requited, not onelie by the borderers and other to them asso|ciate, which entring by the marches, burnt manie of their strong piles, but also he set foorth certeine ships which entered into their streames, and fetched out manie of those prises, which they had taken out of their hauens and créekes, mawger all their heads. Yet was there no warre proclaimed, but still com|missioners sat and communed of agréement, and amends to be made on either part. Now in the end when the Scots had much demanded, and little or nothing granted, they for that time being wearie of warre, desired peace, which was concluded to indure both the kings liues. And so the twentith daie of Maie in the yeare following, it was openlie procla|med, to the comfort of all them that delited in peace and godlie quietnesse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 At the suit of the ladie Katharine Dowager, a cursse was sent from the pope,A cursse pro|cured from the pope. which curssed both the king and the realme. This cursse was set vp in the towne of Dunkirke in Flanders (for the bringer thereof durst no nearer approch) where it was taken downe by one William Locke a mercer of London. Bicause it was knowne that the ladie Katharine Dowager had procured this cursse of the pope, all the order of the court was broken: for the duke of Suffolke being sent to hir then lieng at Bugden beside Huntingdon, according to that he had in commandement, discharged a great sort of hir household seruants, and yet left a conuenient number to serue hir like a princesse, which were sworne to serue hir not as queene, but as princesse Dowager. Such as tooke that oth she vtterlie refused, and would none of their seruice, so that she remained with the lesse number of seruants about hir.