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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The next daie, she went forward on hir progresse to Finchinbrooke by Huntington.Duterier and Belman for the daie. The thirtith daie of August was enacted by a common councell of the citie of London, that all such citizens as from thence foorth should be constreined to sell their houshold stuffe, leases of houses, or such like, should first cause the same to be cried through the citie by a man wi [...]h a bell, and then to be sold by the common outcrier appointed for that purpose, and he to reteine one far|thing vpon the shilling for his paines. The twentith of September arose great flouds in the riuer of Thames,Great flouds in ye Thames. where through the marshes néere adioining were ouerflowed, and manie cattell drowned.

Ex I. S. pa. 1123 Creation of a baron name|lie sir Robert Dudleie barõ of Denbigh.¶The creation of sir Robert Sutton aliàs Dud|leie knight of the garter, and master of the horsse, to the queenes maiestie, who was created baron of Denbigh, and after earle of Leicester on Michael|masse daie at saint Iames, with the gift of the ma|nour of Killingworth, and other things there to him and his heires, to the yéerlie value of foure and twen|tie pounds & better. First, the said lord attended on the queenes highnesse, to the chappell, and from the chappell to seruice, and when he was returned to the chamber of presence, the said lord with other depar|ted to the lord chamberleins chamber, and shifted them: the said lord Robert in his surcot with the hood, his mantle borne before him by the lord Huns [...]on, and led by the lord Clinton lord admerall by the right hand, and the lord Strange on the left hand,The statelie attendance a [...] this creation. in their parlement robes, Garter bearing the patent, & before him the officers of armes, and so procéeded in|to the chamber of presence, where the quéenes high|nesse sat vnder the cloth of estate with the noblemen on ech side of hir, the ambassador of France was also present with another stranger an Italian.

And when the said lord with the other came in the quéenes sight, they made their obeisance three times, the said lord knéeled downe:The executiõ of the ceremo|nies & orders at this creatiõ after the which Garter prese [...]ed the letters patents to the lord chamber|leine, and he presented the same to the quéenes high|nesse, who gaue it to sir William Cecill secretarie, who read the same with a lowd voice, & at the words of Creauimus, the lord of Hunsdon presented the man|tle to the quéens maiestie, who put on the same, wher|by he was created baron of Denbigh for him and his heires. Then the patent was read out to the end, after the which he deliuered it to the quéene againe, and hir highnesse gaue it to the said lord, who gaue hir maiestie most humble thanks, and he rose vp and departed to the chamber they came from, the trum|pets sounding before him.

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