Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the moneth of Februarie,The narrow seas scowred. thorough sundrie heinous complaints brought to the quéenes maiestie and hir councell of pirats that kept the narrow seas, dooing manie robberies, as also the robbing of the earle of Worcester (as is aforesaid) hi [...] highnesse, by the aduise of hir honourable councell, tooke order with the lord admerall of England, that he should send to the seas, ships and men to scowre the narow seas, & to apprehend so manie pirats ships as might be met with. And for the better dooing thereof, it plea|sed hir maiestie to send one of hir owne ships, na|med the Swallow to be the admerall, vnder the charge of William Holstocke of London esquier, comptrollor of hir highnesse ships, who had with him the Gillian, the barke Garet, and the barke of Yar|mouth, and thrée hundred and thrée score able mari|ners, gunners, and souldiors in the said thrée ships, and one barke which scowred the narrow seas, from the north foreland, as farre westward as Falmouth in Cornewall, and tooke twentie ships and ba [...]ks of EEBO page image 1258 sundrie nations,Pirats on the west seas. to wit, English, French, and Flem|mings (but all pirats) and in fashion of warre. He apprehended in those ships and barks to the number of nine hundred men of all nations, and sent them to ward to Sandwich, Douer, Wight, and Portes|mouth (whereof thrée of them that robbed the earle of Worcester were shortlie after executed at Wight.Pirats execu|ted.) Also the said William Holstocke did rescue and take from the aboue said pirats ships, fiftéene other mer|chants ships laden with merchandize, that were their prises, being of sundrie nations, and set at libertie the said fiftéene merchants ships and goods: which doone, he returned to Portesmouth, and there ended his voiage in March.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The fourth of March, a man was hanged in chains in saint Georges field beyond Southworke of Lon|don,

A man hang|ed in saint Georges field.

The earle of kent deceas|sed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Roger Cle|ment aliàs tru|stie Roger.Immediatlie vpon the déed dooing, Browne sent mistresse Drurie word thereof by Roger Clement (among them called trustie Roger) he himselfe re|paired foorthwith to the court at Greenewich, & anon after him came thither the report of the murther al|so. Then departed he thense vnto London, and came to the house of mistresse Drurie, where [...]hough he spake not personallie with hir, after conference had with hir seruant trustie Roger, she prouided him twentie pounds that same daie, for the which she laid certeine plate of hir owne, & of mistresse Sanders to gage.Browne the murtherer re| [...]eued with m [...]ne. On the next morning being thursdaie (ha|uing intelligence that Browne was sought for) they sent him six pounds more by the same Roger, war|ning him to shift for himselfe by flight, which thing he foreslowed not to doo. Neuerthelesse, the lords of the quéens maiesties councell caused so spéedie and nar|row search to be made for him, that vpon the eight and twentith of the same moneth he was apprehen|ded in a mans house of his owne name at Rochester and being brought backe againe to the court, was examined by the councell: vnto whome he confessed the deed (as you haue heard) and that he had often|times before pretended and sought to doo the same,He confesseth his offense vp|pon his exa|mination. by the instigation of the said mistresse Drurie, who had promised to make a marriage betwéene him and mi|stresse Sanders (whome he seemed to loue excessiue|lie) neuerthelesse he protested (though vntrulie) that mistresse Sanders was not priuie nor consenting therevnto.