Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane time, whilest these inquisitions were thus taken in England, king Richard comming foorth of Poictou into Aniou,Officers dri|uen to fine for their offices. The king of|fended with the lord chan|cellor. caused all the bailiffes and officers of that countrie, and also of Maine, to fine with him for their offices. After this, when he came downe into Normandie, he seemed in shew to be offended with his chancellour the bishop of Elie, about concluding of the truce with the French king (where as ye haue heard he was cheefe commissio|ner) misliking greatlie all that was doone therein, and therefore he tooke the seale from him, and caused a new seale to be made, commanding to be proclai|med thorough all his dominions, that whatsoeuer had béene sealed with the old seale, should stand in no force, both for that his chancellor had wrought more vndiscreetlie than was conuenient; and againe, bi|cause the same seale was lost, when Roger Malus Catulus his vicechancellour was drowned, who pe|rished among other by shipwracke,A new scale. néere to the Ile of Cypres, before the king arriued there, being as then on his iournie into the holie land. Therefore all men had commandement to come to this new seale, that they might haue their charters and writings confirmed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore, whilest the truce yet lasted, king Richard sailed ouer into England, Matth. Paris. The king re|turneth into England. He granteth the English men licence to iournie. where he caused turneis to be exercised in diuerse places, for the bet|ter training vp of souldiers in feats of warre, that they might growe more skilfull and perfect in the same, when they should come to the triall of their forces, whereby he raised no small summes of monie for granting license to his subiects so to tournie. E|uerie earle that would tournie, paid to him for his li|cence twentie marks, euerie baron ten marks, and euerie knight hauing lands, did giue foure marks, Rog. Houed. Fines paid for licence to exercise tur|nements. and those that had no lands two marks, to the great damnifieng of the people; hauing learned the com|mon lesson, and receiued the ordinarie rule follow|ed of all, and neglected of none; namelie,

—opus est nummis vel morte relictis,M [...]l. Pal [...]n suo cap.

Vel sorte inuentis, vel quauis arte paratis,

Quippe inopem mala multa pati contingit vbi,

Nec sine diuitijs fas cuiquam ducere vitam

Foelicem, &c.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 EEBO page image 146The charter of this grant was deliuered by the king vnto William earle of Salisburie, to haue the kéeping thereof: but Hubert Walter the archbishop of Canturburie, and lord cheefe iustice, made his bro|ther Theobald Walter collector of the monie, for the scraping and raking togither whereof, in huge sums, he put the former shifts of extortion and exaction in practise.