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Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the moneth of Maie also insuing, a peace was concluded vpon the former articles and conditions: for further confirmation whereof,

A peace con|cluded.

A marriage concluded.

the mariage was solemnized betwixt Henrie the kings sonne being seuen yeares of age, and the ladie Margaret daugh|ter to the French king, being not past three yeares old: Matth. Paris. as writers doo report. The marriage was cele|brated at Newborough on the second daie of No|uember,Legats. by the authoritie of two legats of the apo|stolike sée, Henrie bishop of Pisa, and William bi|shop of Pauia, both preests and cardinals.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the same time came certeine Dutchmen of the sort called Ualdoies ouer into this realme, Wil. Paruus. Certeine of the Ualdoies came into England be|ing Dutchmẽ. to the number of thirtie or more, who held opinions in reli|gion contrarie to the faith of the Romane church, for (as one author affirmeth) they which first spred the o|pinions which these men held, came from Gascoigne, and preuailed so greatlie in setting foorth their do|ctrine, that they mightilie increased through the large regions of Spaine, France, Italie, and Germanie: simple men (God wote) they were for the most part, as is written of them, and of no quicke capacitie. Howbeit, those which at this time came ouer into England, were indifferentlie well learned, and their principall or ringleader was named Gerard. Now also was a councell assembled at Oxford,A councell at Oxford. whereat these dogmatists were examined vpon certeine points of their profession. The forsaid Gerard vnder|taking to answere for them all, protested that they were good christians,The profes|sions of the Ualdoies. and had the doctrine of the apo|stles in all reuerence. Moreouer, being examined what they thought of the substance of the godhead and the merits of [...], they answered rightlie, and to the pointTheir exami|nation & pro|testation. but being further examined vpon o|ther articles of the religion then receiued, then swar| [...]ed from the church, and [...], in the vse of the di|uine sacraments, derogating such grace [...] the same, as the church by hir authoritie had then ascri|bed thereto. To conclude, they would in no wise re|nounce their opinionsThe Ualdels condemned. in somuch that they were condemned, burned in the fo [...]head with an hot iron, and in the cold season of winter [...]ipped naked from the girdle [...] vpward and so whipped out of the towne; with proclamation [...] that [...]o man should be so hardi [...] as to [...] them into any house [...] haue them with meat, drinke [...] any other kind of meanes:They are for|bidden meat and drinke. They are star|ued to death. wherevpon it fell out in fine that they were starued to dea [...] through cold and hunger: howbeit in this their affliction the [...] séemed to reioise in that they suffered for Gods c [...]se as they made account.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The same yeare, Matt [...]ew sonne to the earle of Flanders married the ladie Marie the abbesse of Ramsie, daughter to king Stephan, N. Triuet. and with hir had the countie of Bullongne. About this mariage grew the first falling out betwixt the king and his chancel|lor Thomas Becket (as some haue written) but none more than the said Matthew was offended with the said chancellor,

The first fal|ling out be|twixt the K. & Thomas Becket.

Anno Reg. 7. Matth. Paris. Matth. West.

bicause he was so sore against the said contract.

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