Compare 1577 edition: 1 Finallie after king Richard had dispatched his businesse with the emperour, and the princes of Al|maigne, he set forward on his iornie towards Eng|land, and hauing the emperours passeport, came to Cullen, where he was ioifullie receiued of the arch|bishop, the which archbishop attended on him till he came to Antwerpe, where king Richard tooke the water in a gallie that belonged to Alane de Trench|mere, but in the night he went into a ship of Rie, R. Houed. be|ing a verie faire vessell, and so laie aboord in hir all the night, and in the morning returned to the gallie, and so sailed about the coast, till he came to the hauen of Swin in Flanders, and there staieng fiue daies, on the sixt day he set foorth againe, and at length in good safetie landed at Sandwich the twelfe daie of March, and the morrow after came to Canturburie,He landed the 20. of March being sundaie as R. Houeden and Rafe de Diceto write. where he was receiued with procession, as Ger. Dor. saith. From thence he went to Rochester, and on the wednesday being the sixteenth of March, he came vn|to London, where he was receiued with great ioy and gladnesse of the people, giuing heartie thanks to almightie GOD for his safe returne and de|liuerance.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ It is recorded by writers, that when such lords of Almaine as came ouer with him, saw the great riches which the Londoners shewed in that trium|phant receiuing of their souereigne lord and king, they maruelled greatlie thereat, insomuch that one of them said vnto him;

Surelie oh king, your people are wise and subtile, which doo nothing doubt to shew the beautifull shine of their riches now that they haue receiued you home, whereas before they seemed to bewaile their need and pouertie, whilest you re|mained in captiuitie. For verelie if the emperour had vnderstood that the riches of the realme had bin EEBO page image 142 such, neither would he haue beene persuaded that England could haue béene made bare of wealth, nei|ther yet should you so lightlie haue escaped his hands without the paiment of a more huge and intollera|ble ransome.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The same yeare that king Richard was taken (as before is mentioned) by the duke of Austrich, one night in the moneth of Ianuarie about the first watch of the same night, the northwest side of the ele|ment appeared of such a ruddie colour as though it had burned, without any clouds or other darknesse to couer it, so that the stars shined through that red|nesse, and might be verie well discerned. Diuerse bright strakes appeared to flash vpwards now and then, diuiding the rednesse, thorough the which the stars séemed to be of a bright sanguine colour. In Februarie next insuing, one night after midnight the like woonder was séene, and shortlie after newes came that the king was taken in Almaigne.