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Compare 1577 edition: 1 And as for the recantation aforesaid, with manie tears he protested, that he had subscribed to the same against his conscience, onelie for feare of death, and hope of life. Which seemed true: for when he came to the stake, & the fire kindled, he put his right hand into the fire, and held it there a good space, saieng: that the same hand should first burne, bicause it held the pen to subscribe against his Lord God. Upon the death of this Cranmer I find these reuerend verses:

Infortunatè est foelix, qui numine laeso,
Cuiusuis gaudet commoditate boni.
EEBO page image 1132Infoelix ille est verò foeliciter, orbi
Inuisus quisquis tris [...]ia fata subit.
Hoc Cranmere probas, vitae praesentis amore,
Dum quaeris sanctam dissimulare fidem.
Et dum consilijs tandem melioribus vsus,
Praeponis vitae funera saeua tuae.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Immediatlie after the death of the said bishop Cranmer,Cardinall Poole made archbishop of Canturburie. cardinall Poole (a popish prelat, and a sore enimie to the religion receiued & established in king Henrie the eights time) was made archbishop of Canturburie, who (during the life of the other) would neuer be consecrated archbishop. Who so desireth to see more of this matter,Persecution or religion. maie see the same at large in the booke of the monuments of the church, where you shall also find, that about this time manie were in trouble for religion. The eight and twentith daie of the aforesaid moneth of March, by the negligence of the kéepers maid of the gaile of Newgate in Lon|don,Newgate set in fire. who had left a candle where a great deale of straw was, the same was set on fire, and burnt all the timber worke on the northside of the same gate.A conspiracie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Summer next following was a new conspi|racie brought to light, which was, to haue raised war in the realme against the quéene, for maintenance whereof, their first enterprise was to haue robbed the treasurie of the quéens excheker at Westmin|ster, called the receipt of the excheker, [...] Stow, pag. 1100. in the which there was of the quéens treasure aboue fiftie thou|sand pounds the same time, to the intent they might be able to mainteine warre against the queene, as it fell out afterwards in proofe. The vtterer of which conspiracie was one White, who at the beginning was made priuie to the same, wherevpon diuerse of the conspiracie, namelie, Henrie Peckham, Dani|ell,

The names of the conspira|cies and their [...].

Sir Antho|nie Kingston [...]parteth this [...].

Executions [...] treason [...], and religion.

Dethicke, Udall, Throckmorton, and capteine Stanton, were apprehended, and diuerse other fled into France. Moreouer, sir Anthonie Kingston knight was accused and apprehended for the same, and died in the waie comming to London. The eight and twentith of Aprill, Throckmorton and Richard Ueale, were drawen to Tiborne, and there hanged & quartered. The ninetéenth of Maie Stanton was likewise executed. The eight of Iune, Rosseie, Re|dike, and Bedell suffered at Tiborne for the same of|fense. Iohn Stow. The eightéenth of Iune, one Sands, yoon|ger son to the lord Sands, was executed at S. Tho|mas Waterings, for a robberie committed by him and others to the value of thrée thousand pounds. The seuen and twentith of Iune, eleuen men & two women, were had out of Newgate, and in thrée carts conueied to Stratford the bow, where for reli|gion they were burnt to ashes.

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