Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thus the king recouered those things for the which he had receiued great summes of monie, without making any recompense, where the most part of the occupiers had not receiued scarselie a third part of the principall which they had laid foorth. For no suffi|ciencie of grant, patent, or other writing to any of them before made, did any thing auaile them. More|ouer,K. Richards practises. where he had borrowed a great summe of mo|nie of the merchants of the staple, he wrought a feat with the moonks of the Cisteaux order to discharge that debt.The moonks Cisteaux. He told these moonks that being constrei|ned with vrgent necessitie, he had borowed that mo|nie of the merchants beyond the sea, vpon confi|dence of their good beneuolence, and therefore he re|quired them to extend their liberalitie so farre to|ward him, as to deliuer so much wooll in value, as should discharge that debt. To be short, the moonks being ouercome with the kings words, threatning kindnesse vpon them, fulfilled his request. Moreouer not satisfied herewith, he leuied a taske throughout the realme, exacting of euerie hide of land two shil|lings, according to the grant made to him at No|tingham: and the same was generallie gathered, as well of the spirituall mens lands as of the temporall.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king of Scots vnderstanding that the bishop of Durham had giuen ouer and resigned the earle|dome of Northumberland into the kings hands, Rog. Houed. The king of Scots ma|keth suit for Northum|berland. thought good once againe to assaie if he might com|passe his desire, and herewith he began his former suit afresh, offering to king Richard fiftéene thou|sand markes of siluer for the whole earledome of Northumberland with the appurtenances, as his fa|ther earle Henrie did hold the same before. The king taking counsell in the matter, agreed that he should haue it for that monie, excepting the castels: but the king of Scots would haue castels and all, or else he would not bargaine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Finallie, after he had sundrie times [...]ooued this suit for the hauing of the lands vnto which he preten|ded a title, and could get nothing of king Richard but faire words, putting him as it were in hope to obteine that he required at his next returne out of France, vpon the 22 daie of Aprill being fridaie, he tooke leaue of the king, and returned towards his countrie, not verie ioifull, in that he could not ob|teine his suit. King Richard in this meane while cau|sed all those prisoners that were taken in the castels of Notingham, Tickhill, Marleburgh, Lancaster, and S. Michaels mount,Mainprise. which were of any wealth to be put in prison, that they might fine for their ran|soms. The residue he suffered to depart vpon suer|ties, that were bound for them in an hundreth marks a peece, to be forth comming when they should be called.