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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Sir William Paulet lord treasuror deceassed.The tenth of March deceased sir William Pau|let knight, lord saint Iohn, earle of Wilshire, mar|quesse of Winchester, knight of the honorable order of the garter, one of the quéenes maiesties priuie councell, and lord high treasuror of England, at his manor of Basing. This worthie man was borne in the yeare of our Lord 1483, the first yeare of king Richard the third, and liued about the age of foure score and seauen yeares, in six kings and quéenes daies.His ancient and honorable seruice. He serued fiue kings and quéenes, Henrie the seauenth, Henrie the eight, Edward the sixt, queene Marie, and quéene Elisabeth. All these he serued faithfullie, and of them was greatlie fauou|red. Himselfe did sée the children of his childrens children, growing to the number of one hundred and thrée. A rare blessing giuen by God to men of his calling.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 On the fiue and twentith and six and twentith of March, by the commandement of the quéenes ma|iestie hir councell, the citizens of London assem|bling at their seuerall halles; the maisters collected and chose out the most likelie and actiue persons of e|uerie their companies,Thrée thou|sand chosen persons for pikemen and gunners out of halles. to the number of thrée thou|sand, whome they appointed to be pikemen and shot. The pikemen were foorthwith armed in faire corslets and other furniture according thervnto; the gunners had euerie of them his caliuer with the furniture, and murrians on their heads. To these were appoin|ted diuerse valiant capteins, who to traine them vp in warlike feats,Training vp of yoong sol| [...]s in the f [...]ld. mustered them thrise euerie wéeke, sometimes in the artillerie yard, teaching the gun|ners to handle their peeces, sometimes at the Miles end, & in saint Georges field, teaching them to skir|mish. In the which skirmish on the Miles end the tenth of Aprill, one of the gunners of the goldsmiths companie was shot in the side with a peece of a scou|ring sticke left in one of the caliuers, wherof he died, and was buried the twelfe of Aprill in Pauls church|yard; all the gunners marching from the Miles end in battell raie, shot off their caliuers at his graue.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 [...] muster at Greenewich [...] the [...].On Maie daie they mustered at Gréenwich be|fore the quéenes maiestie, where they shewed manie warlike feats, but were much hindered by the wea|ther, which was all daie showring, they returned that present night to London, and were discharged the next morrow.Earles of [...] and [...] created. The fourth of Maie Walter De|uexeur, lord Ferrers of Chartleie, and vicount of Hereford was created earle of Essex: and Edward Fines lord Clinton and Saie high admerall of En|gland was created earle of Lincolne. The eight of Maie the parlement began at Westminster, and that same daie in the parlement by the quéenes ma|iesties writs, sir Henrie Compton knight,Barons made. lord of Compton in the Hole, sir Henrie Cheinie knight lord of Todington, sir William Paulet knight of Basing, & sir Henrie Norris knight lord of Ricot, were called barons into the higher house. In this parlement,Roges burnt through the eare. for so much as the whole realme of Eng|land was excéedinglie pestered with roges, vaga|bunds, and sturdie beggers, by meanes whereof dai|lie happened diuerse horrible murthers, thefts, and o|ther great outrages: it was enacted, that all persons aboue the age of fouretéene yéeres, being taken beg|ging, vagarant, & wandering disorderlie, should be apprehended, whipped, and burned through the gristle of the right eare, with a hot iron of one inch com|passe for the first time so taken.

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