[1] The haruest was verie late this yeare, so that the most part of the corne rotted on the ground,A late haruest and that which at length was got in, remained yet abrode till after Alhallowentide, so vntemperate was the wea|ther, with excessiue wet and raine beyond all mea|sure.Dearth of corne increa|seth. Herevpon the dearth so increased, that euen those which had of late releeued other, were in danger to starue themselues. Finallie solemne fasts and ge|nerall processions were made in diuerse places of the realme to appease Gods wrath,Fasts & pro|cessions vsed. and (as it was thought) their praiers were heard, for the weather partlie amended, and by reason the same serued to get in some such corne as was not lost, the price there|of in the market fell halfe in halfe. A good and memo|rable motiue, that in such extremities as are aboue the reach of man to redresse, we should by and by haue recourse to him that can giue a remedie a|gainst euerie casualtie. For

Flectitur iratus voce rogante Deus.