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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The two and twentith of Aprill, the ladie Marga|rite countesse of Lineux,Ladie Lineux sent to the tower. was commanded to kéepe hir chamber at the Whitehall, where she remained till the two and twentith of Iune, and then conueied by sir Francis Knolles and the gard to the tower of London by water. On s. Peters euen at night, was the like standing watch in London,Standing watch at at midsummer in London. as had béene on the same night twelue moneths past. The sixtéenth of Iulie, about nine of the clocke at night began a tem|pest of lightning and thunder, with showers of haile, which continued till three of the clocke in the next morning, so terriblie,Tempest at Chelmesford of lightning thunder and raine. that at Chelmesford in Essex 500 acres of corne was destroied, the glasse win|dowes on the east side of the towne, and of the west and south sides of the church were beaten downe, with the tiles of their houses also, besides diuerse barnes, chimneis, and the battlements of the church, which was ouerthrowne. The like harme was doone in manie other places, as at Leeds, Cranebroke, Douer, &c.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Christopher prince and margraue of Baden,The mar|graue or mar|ques of Badẽ and his wi [...]e great with child come to London. with Cicilie his wife sister to the king of Swethland, af|ter a long and dangerous iournie, wherein they had trauelled almost eleuen months sailing from Stock|holme, crossing the seas ouer into Lifeland, from whence by land they came about by Poland, Prussie, Pomerland, Meckelburgh, Friseland, and so to Ant|werpe in Brabant, then to Calis, at the last in Sep|tember landed at Douer, and the eleuenth daie of the same they came to London, and were lodged at the earle of Bedfords place neere to Iuie bridge, where within foure daies after, that is to saie, the fiftéenth of September she trauelled in childbed,She is deli|uered of a child. and was de|liuered of a man child: which child the last of Sep|tember was christened in the quéenes maiesties chappell of White hall at Westminster, the quéenes maiestie in hir owne person being godmother, the archbishop of Canturburie, and the duke of Norf|folke godfathers. At the christening the quéene gaue the child to name Edwardus Fortunatus: for that God had so gratiouslie assisted his mother,The quéene giueth the name. in so long and dangerous a iournie, and brought hir safe to land in that place, which she most desired, and that in so short time before hir deliuerance.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The eleuenth of Nouember, the right honorable Ambrose earle of Warwike maried Anne eldest daughter to the earle of Bedford.Mariage of the earle of Warwike. For the honor and celebration of which noble mariage, a goodlie cha|lenge was made and obserued at Westminster at the tilt, each one six courses: at the tournie twelue strokes with the sword, thrée pushes with the punchi|on staffe: and twelue blowes with the sword at bar|riers, EEBO page image 1209 or twentie if anie were so disposed. At ten of the clocke at night the same daie a valiant seruice|able man called Robert Thomas,Robert Tho|mas maister gunner slaine by casualtie. maister gunner of England, desirous also to honour the feast and ma|riage daie (in consideration the said earle of War|wike was generall of the ordinance within hir ma|iesties realmes and dominions) made thrée great traines of chambers, which terriblie yéelded foorth the nature of their voice, to the great astonishment of diuerse, who at the firing of the second was vnhappi|lie slaine by a péece of one of the chambers, to the great sorow and lamentation of manie.

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