Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The sixtéenth of August, Walter earle of Essex, accompanied with the lord Rich,Erle of Essex and the lord Rich with o|ther sailed in|to Ireland. and diuerse other gentlemen, imbarked themselues in seuerall ships at Leirpoole, and the wind sitting verie well, tooke their voiage towards Ireland. The earle after manie and great dangers on the sea, at length woone Cope|mans Iland, from whence in a pinnesse of capteine Perses he was brought safe to Knockfergus. The lord Rich with the like danger landed at castell Kil|life, EEBO page image 1259 where being met by capteine Malbie, maister Smith, & master Moore pensioners, he was conduc|ted to Inch abbaie maister Malbies house, where he had in a readinesse on the morrow morning a hun|dred and fiftie horssemen for their safegard to Knock|fergus, beside fiftie Kerns which went a foot through the woods: there was among these a thirtie bowes with a bagpipe,Bowes, bag|pipes & darts among the Irish. the rest had darts. Sir Brian Make|phelin had preied the countrie, and taken awaie what was to be carried or driuen, but on the sixt of Sep|tember he came to Knockfergus, to the earle of Es|sex, and there made his submission: the number of kine were estéemed thirtie thousand, besides shéepe and swine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 After him Ferdorough Macgillasticke the blind Scots sonne, Roze, Oge, Macwilline did the like: and diuerse other sent their messengers to the earle, to signifie that they were at his lordships disposition as the baron of Dongarrow, Condenell, Odonell, and the capteine of Kilulto. The earle of Essex ha|uing the countrie of Claniboie and other, the quéens maiestie of England directed hir letters to the lord deputie of Ireland,Erle of Essex capteine gene|rall of Ulster in Ireland. willing him to make by commis|sion the earle of Essex capteine generall of the Irish nation in the prouince of Ulster, and to diuide the countrie woone, Claniboie, and else where, &c. The eleuenth of October, Peter Burchet gentleman of the middle temple, with his dagger suddenlie assai|led,Peter Bur|chet wounded maister Haw|kins. cruellie wounded, and meant to haue murthered a seruiceable gentleman named Iohn Hawkins esquier, as he with sir William Winter, and an o|ther gentleman rode towards Westminster, in the high stréet neare to the Strand, beyond the Temple|barre of London: for which fact the said Burchet be|ing apprehended and commited to the tower, was afterward examined concerning the fact. Who an|swered that he tooke the said maister Hawkins for an other gentleman: and being further examined, he was found to hold certeine erronious opinions,Peter Bur|chet found to be an heretike. for the which he was sent to the Lollards tower. From thence being called into the consistorie of Paules church,Peter Bur|chet abiured his heresie, & submitted himselfe to doo penance. before the right reuerend father Ed|wine bishop of London, and others, & by them exa|mined, he stood in his opinions, till the sentence of death as an heretike was readie to haue béene pro|nounced against him on the fourth of Nouember: but through the earnest persuasions of diuerse lear|ned men, who tooke great paines in that matter, he renounced, forswore, and abiured his opinions for erronious & damnable, promising neuer to returne to them, and also willinglie to doo and performe all such penance as the bishop his ordinarie should in|ioine him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The ninth of Nouember, the said Peter Burchet was remoued from the Lollards tower, to the tower of London, where on the next morrow about noone, whilest one that had kept him companie was gone downe, and locked the doore after him, leauing an o|ther with him called Hugh Longworth, who stood at the window reading in the bible, the said Burchet walking vp and downe in the chamber,Peter Bur|chet killeth his kéeper. tooke a bil|lets end out of the fire, and knocked the said Long|worth on the head, and left not till he had striken him starke dead: for the which on the next morow he was arreigned & condemned at Westminster, and then returned to Summerset house, where he remained that night: and on the next morrow being the twelfe of Nouember, he was brought to the gibet, where (after his right hand being striken off, and nailed to the gibbet) he was hanged nigh the place where hée wounded master Hawkins.Peter Bur|chet hanged. This yeare about Lam|mas, wheat was sold at London for thrée shillings the bushell: Anno Reg. 16. but shortlie after it was raised to foure shillings, fiue shillings, six shillings: & before Christ|mas to a noble, and seuen shillings,Dearth with|out scarsitie, & afterwards plentie to them that had monie. which so conti|nued long after: béefe was sold for twentie pence, and two and twentie pence the stone, and all other flesh and white meats at an excessiue price, all kind of salt fish verie deare, as fiue herings two pence, &c: yet great plentie of fresh fish, and oft times the same verie cheape: pease at foure shillings the bushell, otemeale at foure shillings eight pence: baie salt at thrée shillings the bushell, &c. All this dearth notwith|standing (thanks be giuen to God) there was no want of anie thing to them that wanted not monie.