Prouision of corne for the poore.The other two hundred pounds to be imploied in the prouision of corne, for the reléefe of the poore of the same citie, for their readie monie, without gaine to be taken. And after the end of ten yeares on the feast daie of saint Bartholomew, which shall be in the yeare of our Lord 1577, at the merchant tailors hall in London, vnto the maior and communaltie of the citie of Yorke, or to their atturnie authorised, an hundred & foure pounds, to be lent vnto foure yoong|men of the said citie of Yorke, fréemen and inhabi|tants (clothiers alwaie to be preferred) that is, to e|uerie of them fiue and twentie pounds, to haue and occupie the same for the tearme of ten yeares, with|out paieng anie thing for the loane, the foure pounds ouerplus of the hundred and foure pounds, at the pleasure of the maior and communaltie for their paines to be taken about the receipts and paiments of the said hundred pounds.

The like order in all points is taken for the deli|uerie of an hundred and foure pounds in the yeare 1578,A perpetuall order of an hundred and foure pounds [...]ent yearelie by course. to the citie of Canturburie. In the yeare 1579 to Reading, 1580 to the companie of the mer|chant tailors, 1581 to Glocester, 1582 to Worce|ster, 1583 to Excester, 1584 to Salisburie, 1585 to Westchester, 1586 to Norwich, 1587 to South|hampton, 1588 to Lincolne, 1589 to Winchester, 1590 to Oxenford, 1591 to Herefordeast, 1592 to Cambridge, 1593 to Shrewesburie, 1594 to Lin, 1595 to Bath, 1596 to Derbie, 1597 to Ipswich, 1598 to Colchester, 1599 to Newcastell. And then to begin againe at Bristow an hundred and foure pounds, the next yeare to the citie of Yorke, and so foorth to euerie of the said cities and townes, in the like order as before: and thus to continue for euer, as in the indentures tripartite more plainelie maie appeare.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 At this time manie were in trouble for religion,Sir Iames Hales in trou|ble for religi|on. and among others, sir Iames Hales knight, one of the iustices of the common plées, which iustice being called among other by the councell of king Edward to subscribe to a deuise made for the disheriting of queene Marie, and the ladie Elizabeth hir sister,Sée before pag. 1083. would in no wise assent to the same, though most of the other did: yet that notwithstanding, for that he at a quarter sessions holden in Kent, gaue charge vpon the statutes of king Henrie the eight, and king Edward the sixt, in derogation of the primasie of the church of Rome, abolished by king Henrie the eight, he was first committed prisoner to the Kings bench, then to the Counter, & last to the Fléet, where, whether it were thorough extreame feare,Sore tempta|tions in afflic|tions, against which we are to praie for patience. or else by reason of such talke as the warden of the Fleet vsed vnto him, of more trouble like to insue, if he persi|sted in his opinion (or for what other cause, God knoweth) he was so mooued, troubled, and vexed, that he sought to rid himselfe out of this life, which thing he first attempted in the Fleet, by wounding him|selfe with a penknife, well neere to death. Neuerthe|lesse afterward being recouered of that hurt, he sée|med to be verie conformable to all the queenes pro|céedings, and was therevpon deliuered of his impri|sonment, and brought to the quéenes presence, who gaue him words of great comfort: neuerthelesse his mind was not quiet (as afterward well appeared) for in the end he drowned himselfe in a riuer not halfe a mile from his dwelling house in Kent,He drowneth himselfe. the riuer be|ing so shalow, that he was faine to lie groueling be|fore he could dispatch himselfe, whose death was much lamented. For beside that he was a man wise, vertuous, and learned in the lawes of the realme, he was also a good and true minister of iustice, whereby he gat him great fauour and estimation among all degrees.