Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In like maner, Hubert the archbishop of Cantur|burie was made lord chancellour of England;The archb. of Canturburie made lord chancellour. who as he vttered some words vnaduisedlie, that shewed how he inwardlie reioised at the kings fauour to|ward him in the gift of this office, and so gloried in the honour whereto he was preferred (which he would neuer haue doone, if he had weied of worldlie pompe as by his profession he ought, and as one asketh the question in the same case:
the lord Hugh Bardolfe said vnto him,The saieng of the lord Bardolfe. yet not so soft|lie in his eare, but that some ouer-heard it;—dic mihi, nunquidCorporibus prosunt? certè nil; dic animisue?Tantundem, &c.)
My lord, to speake and not offend you, suerlie if you would well consider the dignitie and honor of your calling, you would not willinglie yéeld to suffer this yoke of bondage to be laid vpon your shoulders, for we haue oftentimes heard of a chancellour made an archbi|shop, but neuer an archbishop made a chancellour till now.The coronation being thus ended,Ambassadors from the king of Scots. it was not long yer there came ambassadors from the Sco|tish king, namelie William the prior of May, Wil|liam the prior of saint Colmes Ins, and one Willi|am Hay, the which on the behalfe of the said Scotish king required restitution of Northumberland and Cumberland, with the appurtenances, promising that if the same were restored to him, he would serue the king of England with all his power against all men then aliue; otherwise, that is, if he could not haue those countries, which of right to him appertei|ned by law, as he pretended, he would doo the best he could to recouer them by force.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Iohn made answer héerevnto, that if his coosen the king of Scots would come vnto him, he should be assured to receiue at his hands all that was reason, as well in those demands, as in all other things. He also sent to him the bishop of Duresme, to require him to come vnto Notingham, where he would meet with him. Howbeit, king William refu|sed to come himselfe as then, but sent the bishop of saint Andrew, and Hugh Malebisse to follow his EEBO page image 160 suit, with promise to absteine from any forceable in|uasion of England, by the space of fortie daies, so that he might within that terme haue some resolute answer from king Iohn, wherevnto he might stand either on the one side or the other.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 N. Triuet. The French K. inuadeth Normandie.Whilest these things were a dooing in England, Philip K. of France hauing leuied an armie, brake into Normandie, and tooke the citie of Eureux, the towne of Arques, and diuerse other places from the English. And passing from thence into Maine, he recouered that countrie latelie before through feare alienated. In an other part, an armie of Britains with great diligence wan the townes of Gorney, Buteuant and Gensolin, and following the victorie, tooke the citie of Angiers, which king Iohn had woon from duke Arthur, in the last yeare passed. These things being signified to king Iohn, he thought to make prouision for the recouerie of his losses there, with all speed possible. Rog. Houed. And therevpon perceiuing that the Scotish king meant not to meet with him at Notingham whither he was come, and where he kept the feast of Whitsuntide, he determined to passe the seas ouer into Normandie: but first he tooke order for the gouernement and defense of the realme in his absence.