Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Croſſe was of ſiluer with a Crucifix thereon, and letters grauen in a plate faſtened to the ſtaffe, conteyning theſe two wordes: Chri|ſtianorum gloria.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Croſſes ſet vp|pon the tops of ſteeples.He commaunded alſo that the ſigne of the Croſſe ſhould be ſet vpon the toppes of Steeples, and on the higheſt towers of the gates of Caſtels and townes. Moreouer he forbad the Croſſe to bee grauen or paynted vpon any pauement, leaſt any man ſhould irreuerently treade vpon it. Fur|thermore he had prieſtes and other religious men in ſuch honor,Conuals deuo|tion towardes Kirkmen. as nothing could be more, appoin|ting them to haue the tenthes of all thoſe fruites which the earth yeelded.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sundrie ordinances hee made alſo, for the grieuous puniſhment of all ſuch as in any wyſe miſuſed a Prieſt, or other religious perſon: as he that gaue any of them a blowe, ſhould looſe hys hande for it: and he that ſlue one of them, ſhoulde forfeyte his gooddes, and be brent qui [...]ke. Againe, he beſtowed many riche iewels,Conuals libe|ralitie toward [...] Churches. and gaue diuerſe great giftes vnto Churches, prouiding the mi|niſters of ſufficient liuings, and appoynted that they ſhoulde haue theyr houſes neare vnto theyr Churches, to bee readie to execute that which ap|perteyned to theyr offices, when anye neede re|quyred.