[1] By theſe frendly points of humanitie ſhewed, there folowed great amitie & loue betwixt theſe two kings. But king William fell ſicke in En|gland, and as it often hapneth, ſuche as wer vn|quiet perſons, deſirous to be deliuered of all feare of lawes, were ſtreight way put in an vntrue be|lief,A brute raiſed that the king was dead. that he was dead: and cauſing it to bee bru|ted abrode, began to exerciſe all kinde of miſde|meanors by inuading the poore and ſimple peo|ple, with ſpoiling and ſlaughters in all parts.