Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this ſharpe admonition and warning thus giuen,Argadus amẽ|deth his for|mer miſgo|uernance, and ruleth him [...]elf by better ad|uice. Argadus did nothing touching the gouernment of the common wealth, without the aduice of his Peeres: and ſoone after amongeſt other things, he tooke order for the limitting how farre the authoritie of inferiour officers, as Bay|liffes, Boroughmaiſters, Conſtables, and ſuch other ſhoulde extende. But eſpecially he trauai|led moſte diligently for the puniſhing of theaues and robbers, of whom none eſcaped with life that fell into his handes.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 A notable ſtatute.Moreouer hee ordeyned by ſtatute, that no man exerciſing any publike office, ſhould taſte of any drinke that might make him drunken. Hee alſo baniſhed all ſuche perſons as vſed with dreſ|ſing of delicate meates, and as I may call them, deyntie diſhes,Fine cookerie baniſhed. or banketting cheare, to allure mennes appetites from the olde rude fare accu|ſtomed amongſt their elders, who ſought not to follow theyr delicious appetites, but onely pro|uided to ſuſtayne nature, which is ſatiſfied with a little, and that voyde of coſtly furniture.