The sixtéenth of December,A stranger would haue murdered the kéeper of Newgate. Gregorie Carpen|ter smith, and a Frenchman borne, was arreig|ned for making counterfeit keies, wherewith to haue opened the locks of Newgate, to haue slaine the kéeper, and let foorth the prisoners. At which time of his arreignement, hauing conueied a knife into his sléeue, he thrust it into the side of William Whit|rents his fellow prisoner, who had giuen witnesse a|gainst him, so that he was in great perill of death thereby. For the which fact he was immediatlie ta|ken from the barre into the street before the iustice hall, where his hand being first stricken off, he was hanged on a gibbet set vp for that purpose. The kée|per of Newgate was arreigned & indicted, for that the said prisoner had a weapon about him, and his hands loose, which should haue beene bound.A gun shot in|to the court at Greene|wich. The fourth of Ianuarie, a ship before Gréenewich (the court being there) shot off hir ordinance, one péece being charged with a bullet of stone, which passed through the wals of the court, and did no more hurt.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About this time came to London an ambassador to the queene from the emperor of Cathaie, Musco|uia, and Russeland,An ambassa|dor out of Muscouia. who was honorablie receiued at Totenham by the merchants of London, hauing trade in those countries, riding in veluet coates and chaines of gold, who bare all his costs and char|ges from the time of his entrie into England out of Scotland: for thither by tempest of weather he was driuen, and there forced to land. Iohn Stow. ¶ The lord Monta|cute with the quéens pensioners met him at Isling|ton townes end; and at Smithfield barres the lord maior and aldermen in scarlet receiued him, and conueied him through the citie vnto maister Dim|mocks house in Fanchurch street, where he lodged vntill the twelfe of Maie, all which time he wanted no resort.] And after his message and ambassage doone to the quéene, he departed againe with thrée faire ships from Grauesend into his countrie, when he had remained here by the space of two moneths and more.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 EEBO page image 1133 The lord Sturton committeth a shamefull murther.Also about this time, the lord Sturton, for a verie shamefull and wretched murther committed by him vpon two gentlemen, the father and the son, of the surnames of Hargill, being his neere neighbors, whom he caused to be smitten downe with clubs, then their throtes to be cut, and after to be buried in his owne house fiftéene foot deepe; for the which heinous offense he was apprehended and committed to the tower of London. And although the quéene séemed to fauour him much, as one professing the catholike religion: yet when she vnderstood the truth of his vile déed, she abhorred him, & commanded that he should be vsed according to iustice; wherefore shortlie after, he was brought to Westminster, & there arreigned & found guiltie, & had iudgement as a murtherer to be hanged. And for the same fact were likewise con|demned foure of his seruants. And the second daie of March next following, the said lord with his foure seruants were conueied by the queens gard from the tower of London through the citie, he hauing his armes pinioned at his backe, & his legs bound vnder the horsse bellie, and so caried to Salisburie, where the sixt daie of March next, he was hanged in the market place,The lord Sturton han|ged. and his foure seruants were hanged in the countrie neere vnto the place where the murther was committed.