Compare 1577 edition: 1 Upon receipt of which letters, he meant inmedi|atlie at the first to haue returned, and to haue left be|hind him a conuenient power of men, to wit, thrée hundred knights or men of armes, and two thousand chosen footmen, to abide vpon the defense of the holie land, with other christians at his costs and charges. But yet at length he was persuaded to tarrie, speci|allie till things were set in some better state, which then were out of order by the death of the marques of Montferrato, lord of Tire,The marques of Montfer|rato murth [...] by the Assas|sini. whom two traitorous Saracens of the kind which they name Assassini had murthered. After whose death Henrie earle of Cham|paigne nephue to king Richard married his wife, and was made king of Ierusalem, Guido resigning to him his title, vnto whome as it were in recom|pense king Richard gaue the Ile of Cypres: al|though some write, that the knights Templers had bought it of him before. Thus king Richard remai|ning still in the holie land, shortlie after Whitsun|tide, there came an other messenger to him, one Iohn de Alanzon a clearke, bringing worsse newes out of England than the prior of Hereford had brought be|fore, which in effect conteined, that his brother earle Iohn was alied as a confederat with the French king, and meant through his setting on,Earle Iohn purposed to seize vpon the kingdom in his bro|thers absence. to seize into his possession the whole realme of England, notwith|standing the persuasion of his mother quéene Eli [...]|nor and other his fréends to the contrarie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon king Richard was fullie persuaded to returne home, but yet through the admonition of certeine persons, and namelie of one William d [...] Poicters, a chapleine of his,William de Poicters K. Richards chapleine. he estsoones altered his purpose, and so remained there, till at length through enuie and malice still increasing amongst the c [...]risti|ans, he perceiued how no good purpose could go for|ward, since that which séemed good to some, was mis|liked of other; and speciallie our writers put great blame in the French men, who either vpon disdaine or other displeasure would not be persuaded to fol|low their aduise, which were knowne b [...]st to vnder|stand the state of things in those parties. And here|vpon, when the armie was aduanced to Betenoble, EEBO page image 135 a place not past foure leagues distant from Ierusa|lem, bicause their mind might not be fulfilled for the besieging of Ierusalem, which they had intended to take in hand (whereas the residue would rather that they shuld haue gone to besiege Babylon in Aegypt, and that vpon sundrie great respects) the Frenchmen raised their field, and returned againe to Acres in great despite, putting the rest of the armie also (so much as in them laie) in danger of vtter ruine and distresse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then king Richard and the other christian cap|teins perceiuing how the matter inclined, Anno Reg. 4. and gi|uing ouer all hope of any more good successe, follow|ed them. So that after they were thus returned to Acres, king Richard still doubting least his long ab|sence from home might put him in danger of more losse here, than he saw hope of present gaine to be had there, in such diuersitie of humours and priuie malice which reigned among them, he determined fullie to depart homewards, with no lesse purpose to returne thither againe after he had setled things at home in such sure stay as was expedient for the suer|tie of his owne estate and quietnesse of his people. Herevpon being readie to enter into his ships at Acres [or as some haue, Wil. Paruus. being on his iournie home|wards in Cypres] he was aduertised that the Soul|dane Saladine had taken the towne of Iaph, slaine a great number of the christians within it, and besie|ged the residue within the castell, the which (constrei|ned through feare) had compounded to yéeld, if with|in thrée daies there came no succour.