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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Immediatlie after hir death, in the wéeke before Whitsuntide, the king married the ladie Iane Sei|mer,The king ma|rieth ladie Iane Seimer daughter to sir Iohn Seimer knight, which at Whitsuntide was openlie shewed as quéene. And on the tuesdaie in Whitsunwéeke, hir brother sir Edw. Seimer was created vicount Beauchampe, and sir Water Hungerford, lord Hungerford. The eight of Iune began the parlement,A parlement during the which the lord Thomas Howard, without the kings assent, affied the ladie Margaret Duglas daughter to the quéene of Scots, and neece to the king,The lord Th. Howard at|teinted of treason. for which act he was atteinted of treason, and an act made for like offen|dors, and so he died in the tower, and she remained long there as prisoner. In the time of this parlement the bishops and all the cleargie of the realme held a solemne conuocation at Paules church in London, where after much disputation and debating of mat|ters, they published a booke of religion,A booke pub|lished concer|ning religio [...] by the king. intituled Ar|ticles deuised by the kings highnesse, &c. In this booke is speciallie mentioned but thrée sacraments. Also beside this booke certeine iniunctions were gi|uen foorth, wherby a number of their holie daies were abrogated, & speciallie those that fell in haruest time. ¶ The nine & twentith of Iune, I. Stow. Triumph at Westminster the king held a great iusting and triumph at Westminster, where were or|deined two lighters made like ships to fight vpon the water, one of the which brake in the midst, wherby one Gates a gentleman, & seruant to M. Kn [...]net was drowned in his harnesse. In the other a gun brake hir chamber, & maimed two of the mariners.] Thomas Cromwell secretarie vnto the king, and EEBO page image 941 maister of the rols, was made lord kéeper of the pri|uie seale, and the ninth of Iulie the lord Fitzwaren was created erle of Bath,Ad [...]unce| [...]t of the [...] Crom|well. and the morrow after the said lord Cromwell was created lord Cromwell. The eightéenth of Iulie he was made knight, and vi|car generall vnder the king ouer the spiritualtie, and sat diuerse times in the conuocation amongst the bi|shops as head ouer them. The two and twentith of Iulie,The death of the kings base sonne. Henrie duke of Richmont and Summerset, earle of Northampton, base sonne to the king, begot of the ladie Tailebois then called Elizabeth Blunt, departed this life at saint Iames, and was buried at Thetford in Norffolke, of whome you shall find more in the treatise of the dukes of this land.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In September, Thomas Cromwell lord priuie seale and vicegerent, sent abroad vnder the kings spirituall priuie seale certeine iniunctions, com|manding that the persons and curats should teach their parishioners the Pater noster, the Aue & Creed, with the ten commandements, and articles of the faith in English. These articles and iniunctions be|ing established by authoritie of parlement,The people grudged at the iniuncti|ons establish|ed by act of parlement. and now to the people deliuered, bred a great misliking in the harts of the common people, which had beene euer brought vp and trained in contrarie doctrine. And herewith diuerse of the cleargie as moonks, priests, and others, tooke occasion herby to speake euill of the late procéedings of the king, touching matters of religion, affirming that if spéedie remedie were not in time prouided, the faith would shortlie be vtterlie destroied, and all praier and diuine seruice quite abo|lished and taken awaie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Manie sinister reports, slanderous tales, and feig|ned fables were blowne abroad, and put into the peo|ples eares, and diuerse of the nobilitie did also what they could to stir the commons to rebellion, faithful|lie promising both aid and succour against the king. The people thus prouoked to mischiefe, and deceiued through ouer light credence, incontinentlie as it were to mainteine that religion, which had so manie yeares continued, and béene estéemed, they stiffelie and stoutlie conspired togither,A traitorous conspiracie. and in a part of Lin|colneshire they first assembled, and shortlie after ioi|ned into an armie, being (as it was supposed) of men apt for the warres, in number about twentie thou|sand. Against these rebels with all the hast that might be, the king in his proper person vpon intelli|gence therof had marched towards them,The Lincoln|shire men in armes a|gainst the king. being fur|nished with a warlike armie, perfectlie appointed of all things that to such a companie should apper|teine.

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