Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Richard held his Christmasse this yeare at Roan, and Hubert the archbishop of Canturburie le|gat of the apostolike sée, named lord chéfe iustice of England, was about the same time in the marshes of Wales at Hereford, and there receiued into his hands the castels of Hereford, Bridgenorth and Lud|low, remoouing those that had the same in kéeping, and appointing others in their roomes.Moonks pla|ced againe in the church of Couentrie. Afterwards comming by Couentrie, he placed the moonks a|gaine in the cathedrall church of that citie, by com|mandement of pope Celestine, and chased out the se|cular canons, which the bishop Hugh Nouant had brought into the same church when he remooued the moonks.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the Christmasse wéeke also there came messen|gers to Rouen from the archbishops of Cullen and Mentz, and from other states of the empire,Messengers from the stats of Germanie. which de|clared vnto king Richard, that all the princes of Germanie were appointed to assemble at Cullen, the two & twentith of Februarie, about the choosing of a new emperour, in place of the late deceassed Henrie: and therefore they commanded him by force of the oth and league in which he was bound to the emperour and empire, that all excuse of deniall or occasions to the contrarie ceasing and set apart, he should make his repaire vnto Cullen at the aforesaid day, to helpe them in choosing of some worthie perso|nage that might and was able to haue the empire. King Richard doubting to put himselfe in danger, bicause he had not discharged all the debts due for his ransome, staied at home, but yet he sent diuerse noble men thither, and did so much in fauour of his nephue Otho, that by the helpe of the foresaid two archbishops of Cullen and Mentz, the same Otho EEBO page image 153 was elected emperour. But of this matter more shall be said hereafter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Three hun|dred knights of men of armes to be found.Moreouer, about the same time king Richard re|quired by the archbishop of Canturburie his chéefe iustice, an aid of 300 knights to be found by his sub|iects of England, to remaine with him in his seruice for one whole yeare, or else that they would giue him so much monie, as might serue to reteine that num|ber after the rate of thrée shillings a daie of English monie for euerie knight. Whereas all other were contented to be contributors herein, onelie Hugh bishop of Lincolne refused,The bishop of Lincolne. and spake sore against the archbishop that moued the matter. But how so|euer that request tooke place, king Richard (as we find) leuied this yeare a subsidie of fiue shillings of e|uerie hide of land within the realme, two commissio|ners, that is to say, one of the spiritualtie, & a knight of the temporaltie, being appointed as commissio|ners in euerie shire, with the assistance of the shi|riffe, and others, to see the same assessed & rated after an hundred acres of land to the hide of land, accor|ding to the custome.