Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane time also, by reason of the quéenes maiesties letters directed to the maior and his bre|thren of the citie of London about the burning of Paules, there were certeine aldermen and commo|ners of the said citie named and called togither by the authoritie of the maior, to deuise some good order and spéedie remedie for the reliefe and comfort of the said citie, whensoeuer anie chance of fire hereafter should happen (as God forbid) within the said citie or liberties thereof. And the persons so called after sun|drie méetings, and with good aduisement and delibe|ration, agréed and penned a certeine order for the spéedie remedie thereof, as well for the readie know|ledge of the place, wheresoeuer the same fire should happen, and for the sudden extinguishment & suppres|sing of the same, as also for the safe kéeping of the goods of such persons in whose house anie fire should chance. Which orders and rules vndoubtedlie would be to the great comfort & safetie of the citie and citi|zens of the same, if they were published and made knowen in time, and executed accordinglie. But what should I saie? I can but lament,Good orders nothing worth if they be not put in execution. not onelie for this, but also for manie such painefull and profitable labors, which for good gouernement of this citie had béene taken. For as soone as the talking thereof is doone, and the bookes framed and deliuered, so soone is it put in obliuion, and nothing at all thought vpon, vntill an houre after the mischiefe be past.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This yeare was chosen lord maior of London a worthie citizen named William Harper,Fréeschoole in Bedford towne foun|ded by Wil|liam Harper maior of Lon|don elect. one of the companie of the merchant tailors. This man wish|ing in his life time to benefit his countrie, founded a free schoole in the towne of Bedford where he was borne, and now lieth buried, prouiding a competent stipend and liuing for a scholemaister, there to traine vp and instruct children in vertue and learning for|euer. The fiftéenth of Nouember, the quéenes ma|iestie published a proclamation, wherein she restored to the realme diuerse small péeces of siluer monie,New coines of small péeces as six pence, &c. as the peece of six pence, foure pence, thrée pence, two pence, and a penie, three halfe pence, and thrée far|things. She also forbad all forren coines to be cur|rant within the same realme, as well gold as siluer, calling them to hir maiesties mints, except two sorts of crownes of gold, the one the French crowne, the other the Flemmish crowne. ¶Thus did hir maiestie in all hir actions directed to common vtilitie shoot at a certeine perfection, purenesse, and soundnesse, as here in hir new stamps and coines of all sorts; so also in Gods religion, setting the materiall churches of hir dominions frée from all popish trash: which one hath aptlie noted by waie of comparison, saieng:

Eiectis paleis purgatur vt area multo

Vsque laborantis serui sudore, reuulsis

Vt nitet ampla domus, quas struxit aranea telis

Sic priùs idolis confractis, templa fricantur

Cuncta scopis, quicquid fuit, abradentibus vncis

Dentibus obscoenum, spurcum, verbóue repugnans

Sacro, relligióque erectis cultior ibat

EEBO page image 1195Iam pedibus, Christúsque Dei cognoscitur agnus,

Offensas delens mundi, peccatáque tollen [...]

Vaenalis populo non indulgentia papae.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Anno Reg. 4.This yeare in England were manie monstruous births. In March a mare brought foorth a foale with one bodie and two heads,Monstruous births in di|uerse places of England. and as it were a long taile growing out betweene the two heads. Also a sow fa|rowed a pig with foure legs like to the armes of a manchild with armes and fingers, &c. In Aprill a sow farrowed a pig with two bodies, eight féet, and but one head: manie calues and lambs were monstru|ous, some with collars of skin growing about their necks, like to the double ruffes of shirts and necker|chers then vsed. The foure and twentith of Maie, a manchild was borne at Chichester in Sussex, the head armes, & legs whereof were like to an anatomie, the breast and bellie monstruous big, from the nauill as it were a long string hanging: about the necke a great collar of flesh and skin growing like the ruffe of a shirt or neckercher, comming vp aboue the eares pleited and folded, &c.