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Compare 1577 edition: 1 But as ioie is often mixed with sorrow, so at that time it came to passe by the death of his moother,The death of quéene Iane. that noble and vertuous ladie queene Iane, which depar|ted out of this life the fourteenth daie of this moneth of October, to the great griefe of the whole realme: but namelie the king hir husband tooke it most grie|uouslie of all other, who remoouing to Westminster, there kept himselfe close a great while after. The eight of Nouember, the corps of the quéene was ca|ried to Windsor, with great solemnitie, and there buried in the midst of the quire in the castell church. There was also a solemne hearse made for hir in Paules church, and funerall exequies celebrated, as well as in all other churches within the citie of Lon|don. Thus was the king left againe a widower, and so continued the space of two yeares togither. Iohn Fox in Acts & Mo|numents. Upon the death of which quéene Iane, and the birth of prince Edward hir son this distichon following was made:

Phoenix Iana iacet nato Phoenice, These verses were thought to be made by master Armi|gill Wade. dolendum
Saecula Phoenices nulla tulisse duas.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king held his Christmas at Gréenewich, and as well he as all the court ware mourning apparell, till the morrow after Candlemas daie, & then he and all other changed. This yeare Edward Seimer vi|count Beauchampe the quéenes brother was created earle of Hertford,Creation of officers. & sir William Fitzwilliams lord high admerall was created earle of Southhampton, ¶ and master Paulet was made vicetreasuror, Abr. Fl. ex I. S pag. 1011, 1012. sir Iohn Russell comptrollor of the kings house, master Henedge, master Long, master Kneuet of the kings priuie chamber, knights; master Coffin, master Li|ftar, & master Seimer the quéenes brother, knights. On Allhallowes euen, the lord Thomas Howard, brother to the duke of Norffolke,Lord Tho|mas Howard deceassed. died prisoner in the Tower of London, and was buried at Thetford, and then the ladie Margaret Dowglas was pardoned, EEBO page image 945 and released out of the Tower. The foure and twen|tith of Februarie,Good of grace shewed at Paules. being sundaie, the rood of Boxleie in Kent, called the rood of grace, made with diuerse vices, to mooue the eies and lips, was shewed at Paules crosse by the preacher, which was the bishop of Rochester, and there it was broken and plucked in peeces.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The fiue and twentith of Februarie, sir Ihon Al|len priest, and also an Irish gentleman of the Garets were hanged & quartered at Tiburne. The second of March, the image of the rood, called saint Sauior at Bermonseie abbeie in Southworke,Saint Saui|or in South|worke. was taken downe by the kings commandement. The one and twentith of March, Henrie Harsam customer of Plimmouth, and Thomas Ewell, were hanged and quartered at Tiburne.] In Maie a frier obseruant called frier Forrest was apprehended, for that he was knowne in secret confessions to haue declared to manie of the kings liege people, Anno Reg 30. Frier For|rest. that the king was not supreame head of the church, where he had by his oth neuerthelesse affirmed him so to be. Wher|vpon in his examination, that point being laid to his charge, he answered that he tooke his oth with his outward man, but his inward man neuer consented therevnto. But being further accused of diuerse he|reticall and damnable opinions that he held & main|teined contrarie to the scripture, at length being not able to defend the same, he submitted himselfe to the punishment of the church.

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