Compare 1587 edition: 1 The nobles of the realme he had in no regard at all, of whom ſome he confined, and ſome hee cauſed to be murthered, onely bycauſe hee might the more freely without gainſaying haunte hys vile trade of liuing with their wiues and coſins.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Such delite he had alſo in his filthie and moſt abhominable ribaldrie,Fylthie lawes. that he made lawes for maintenance of the like amongſt his ſubiectes, as thus: That it might be lawful for euery man to marrie diuerſe and ſundrie wiues, ſome ſixe, ſome ten, according to their ſubſtance and qua|lities. And as for poore mennes wiues, they were appoynted to be common vnto the Lordes of the ſoyle: and further that the ſame Lordes ſhoulde firſt deflowre the Bride after hir mariage: which laſt ordinaunce tooke ſuch effect, that of manye hundred yeares after it coulde by no meanes be abrogated, thoughe the two former liberties were by authoritie of the Kings ſucceeding, ſhortly after this Ewins deceaſſe taken away and reuoked.