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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The seuenteenth of Februarie at a place called Kinnaston,A strange kind of earth moouing in the countie of He|reford. néere Marlech hill in the countie of He|reford, was séene the ground to open, and certeine rockes with a péece of ground remooued, and went forward the space of foure daies, making at the first a terrible noise as it went on the earth. It remooued it selfe betwéene six of the clocke in the euening, & se|uen the next morrow fortie pases, carrieng great trees and shéepecotes, some sheepecotes with three|score sheepe in them, some trées fell into the chinkes, other that grew on the same ground, grow now as firmelie on a hill; and some that stood east, stand west; and those that stood west, stand east. The depth of the hole where it first brake out is thirtie foot, the breadth of the breach is eight score yards, and in length aboue twentie score yards. It ouerthrew Kinnaston cha|pell. Also two high waies be remooued nigh one hun|dred yards, with the trées of the hedgerowes. The ground in all is six and twentie acres: and where til|lage ground was, there is pasture left in place; and where was pasture, there is tillage ground gone vp|on it. The ground as it remooued draue the earth be|fore it, & at the lower part ouerwhelmed the ground, so that it is growen to a great hill of twelue fadams high. It remooued from saturdaie till mondaie at night following, and so staied.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer this yeare about Candelmas,Sir Thomas Sackuille ambassador to the French king. sir Tho|mas Sackuille, baron of Buckhurst was sent in ambassage from the quéenes maiestie to Charles the ninth French king, as well to congratulate for his marriage with the daughter of the emperour Maxi|milian, as for other weightie affaires. And as his ambassage was great, so was his charge no lesse in furnishing himselfe and traine accordinglie, being both in number and furniture such in euerie point, as did apperteine; and his receiuing and interteine|ment in France by the king and others was agrée|able thereto, for he was receiued vpon the coast by the gouernours of the fortified townes right hono|rablie by order from the king. Among other the ba|ron of Bournoisell was one, who being verie well mounted and appointed,His inter|teinement ve|rie honorable. left not his lordship before he came to the court, and from thense accompanied him backe vntill his imbarkement homewards.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In the maine countries he was accompanied with the gouernours and nobles of the places about. And in the good townes where he passed, he was pre|sented by the chiefe magistrates, wherein their good wils were to be thankefullie accepted, though his lordships rewards far ouervalued their presents. At his approch néere to Paris he was incountred on the waie for courtesie sake, by two marquesses of Trans and Saluces; this being of the house of Sa|uoie, and the other of the worthie familie of Fo [...]x. These wanted not such as accompanied them, and the same euen of the best sort. At the lord ambassa|dors first audience,The first [...] of the lord am|bassadors au|dience. which was at the castell of Ma|drill, otherwise called Bullogne néere Paris (where the king then laie) the quéenes Almane coches verie brauelie furnished were sent to Paris for him, in one of the which his lordship with the marquesse of Trans rode towards the court, verie narrowlie es|caping from a shrewd turne and great mischance, by reason the same co [...]h was ouerthrowen by the Dutch wagoners their negligence, who in a brauerie gallopping the field made an ouer short [...], where|with the [...] was sore bru [...]ed.

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