This haue I set downe the more willinglie, for that I haue receiued it from them, which haue heard it reported, not onlie by the lord Greis owne mouth, but also by the relation of sir Thomas Palmer, and others that were present: the same not tending so much to the lord Greies owne praise, as to the be|tokening of the kings noble courage, and the great secret trust which he worthilie reposed in the said lord Greie.Here is to be noted also, lest any man should mistake the matter, as if the king dealt indirectlie herein, that his maiestie knowing how the French|men in going about to build this fort, did more than they might by the couenants of the peace; and there|fore was resolued at the first aduertisement thereof, to haue it rased. But yet for that it might happilie haue béene signified ouer vnto the Frenchmen, be|fore my lord Greie could haue accomplished the feat, he therefore wiselie wrote one thing in his let|ters, wherevnto manie might be priuie, and [...]en [...] se|cret knowledge by words contrarie to the contents of the same letters, so as if the messenger were tru|stie, his pleasure might not be discouered to the hin|derance or dispappointing of the same. But now to our purpose.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king after this, bicause as yet hée would not séeme to breake the peace, commanded the trenches and new fortifications made about this fortresse, called Chatillons garden thus cast downe, to be filled by his owne people, and so it rested during the life of king Henrie: but afterwards it was be|gun againe, and finished, as after ye shall heare. A|bout Michaelmas in this present yeare,The duke of Norffolke cõ [...]mitted to the tower. Thomas duke of Norffolke, and Henrie earle of Surrie that was his sonne and heire, vpon certeine surmises of treason, were committed to the tower of London,154 [...] and immediatlie after Christmas, the thirtéenth of Ianuarie, the king then lieng in the extremities of death, the said earle was arreigned in the Guildhall of London, before the lord maior, the lord chancellor, and diuerse other lords and iudges being there in commission. Where if he had tempered his answers with such modestie as he shewed token of a right perfect and readie wit, his praise had béene the grea|ter. Some things he flatlie denied, seeking to wea|ken the credit of his accusers by certeine circum|stances: other he excused with interpretations of his meaning, to proue the same to be far otherwise than was alleged against him.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 And one speciall matter amongest other where|with he was charged, was, for bearing certeine arms that were said to belong to the king, and to the prince. The bearing where of he iustified and mainte|ned, that (as he tooke it) he might beare them as be|longing to diuerse of his ancestors, and withall af|firmed, that he had the opinion of heralds therein. But yet to his indictment he pleaded not giltie: and for that he was no lord of the parlement, he was in|forced to stand to the triall of a common inquest of his countrie, which found him giltie, and therevpon he had iudgement of death: and shortlie after, to wit, the 19 of Ianuarie,The earle of Surrie be|headed. he was beheaded on the tower hill. ¶In this moneth of Ianuarie, the church of the late graie friers in London was opened, and masse [...]oong there: I. S. pag. 1034 king Henrie his gift to the citie of Lon|don. and that daie preached at Paules crosse the bishop of Rochester, who declared the kings gift to the citie of London, for the relieuing of the poore people, which was by patent vnder his great seale. Saint Bartholomews spittle, the church of the graie friers, and two parish churches, the one of saint Nicholas in the shambles, the other saint Ewine in Newgate market, all to be m [...]de on pa|rish church of the graie friers church; and in lands he gaue for the maintenance of the same 500 markes by yeare for euer, & this church to be named Christs church, founded by king Henrie the eight.]