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Title:  The chronicles of England from Brute vnto this present yeare of Christ. 1580. Collected by Iohn Stow citizen of London.
Author: Stow, John, 1525?-1605.
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In the meane time the Earle of Wilshire treasurer of Eng∣land,The Earle of VVilshire and other spoyled Nevvbery. the Lorde Scales and the Lorde Hungerforde, went to Newberie, whiche longed to the Duke of Yorke, and there made inquisition of all them that in any wise had fauoured the sayde Duke, whereof some were founde guiltie, and were drawen, hanged, and quartered, and all the inhabi∣tauntes of the Towne were spoyled of their goods. From thence the Earle of Wilshire went to Southampton, where vn∣derThe Earle of VVilshire stale ouer the Seas. colour to take the Earle of Warwicke, he armed fiue gret Caraks of Iene with souldioures, taking victuals of the Kings price without payment, and put a great part of hys treasure into the sayde Caraks, and after sayled about in the sea, and at laste stale into Dutchlande, sending backe a∣gaine hys souldiours into Englande. Then were the KingsPriuie seales for money. priuie seales directed to all Bishops, Abbots, Priours, and other states, to lende the Kyng money, therewith to wage souldiours to kéepe the Sea coasts: but the commons of Kēt dreading the like vengeance to be taken vpon them, as was done vpon them of Newberie, sent priuily messangers to Ca∣leis,The men of Kent sent to Galeis for the Earles. to the foresayde Earles, beséeching them in all haste possible to come to theyr succour, whervpon the said Erles sent ouer into Kent the lord Fawconbridge to know if their déedes woulde accorde with theyr wordes, and anone the people of Kent and other shires adioyning, resorted to the sayde Lorde Fawconbridge in greate number. When the Earles knewe the wylling heartes of those people, they prepared to come into thys lande, againste whose com∣ming, a long Ballet was fixed vpō the gates of Canterburie, made in fauour of the Duke of Yorke and the sayde Earles, beginning thus: In the daye of fast and spirituall affliction, The celestiall influence of bodies transitorie, &c The Erles of March, Warwick, and Salisburie, arriued at Sandwich, where met wyth them Thomas Bourcher, Archebyshop of Canter∣burie,The Earle en∣tred into Lon∣don. who with hys crosse borne before him, and a greate number of other people, accompanyed them to London, into the whiche Citie they entred on the seconde of Julye: wyth 0