¶ This strange woonder was taken for a signification of that which followed, that is to say, of war, famine and pestilence: or to say the truth, it betokened rather the continuance of two of those mischiefs. For warre and famine had sore afflicted the people before that time, and as yet ceassed not: but as for the pestilence, it began soone after the strange sight, whereof insued such effect, as I haue alreadie rehearsed.
Thus farre king Richard.
Transcriber's notes
There are no footnotes in the original. The original spelling and punctuation have been retained, with the exception of obvious errors which have been corrected by reference to the 1587 edition of which the original is a transcription.
[ [1] ] Original reads 'where'; corrected to 'were'.
[ [2] ] Original reads 'whith'; corrected to 'with'.
[ [3] ] Original reads 'were'; corrected to 'where'.
[ [4] ] Original reads 'be Camuille'; corrected to 'de Camuille'.
[ [5] ] Original reads 'which tossed them them'; corrected to 'which tossed them'.
[ [6] ] Original reads 'connterfet'; corrected to 'counterfet'.