Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ Certes this peace was displeasant to manie, but namelie to the earle of Flanders, who herevpon making no accompt of king Iohns amitie, conclu|ded a peace with king Philip shortlie after, and ment to make warre against the infidels in the east parts, wherby we may see the discontented minds of men, and of how differing humors they be, so that nothing is harder than to satisfie manie with one thing, be the same neuer so good,
But by the chronicles of Flanders it appeareth, that the earle of Flanders concluded a peace with the French king in Februarie last past, Ia. Me [...] before that king Iohn and the French king fell to any composition. But such was the malice of writers in times past, which they bare towards king Iohn, that whatsoeuer was doone in preiudice of him or his subiects, it was still interpreted to chance through his default, so as the blame still was imputed to him, in so much that although manie things he did peraduenture in mat|ters of gouernement, for the which he might be hardlie excused, yet to thinke that he deserued the tenth part of the blame wherewith writers charge him, it might seeme a great lacke of aduised conside|ration in them that so should take it. But now to procéed with our purpose.—ô caecis mortalia plena tenebrisPectora, & ô mentes caligine circumseptas!
Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Iohn being now in rest from warres with forren enimies, began to make warre with his sub|iects pursses at home, emptieng them by taxes and tallages, to fill his coffers, which alienated the minds of a great number of them from his loue and obedi|ence. At length also, when he had got togither a great masse of monie, he went ouer againe into Norman|die, where by Helias archbishop of Burdeaux, and the bishop of Poictiers and Scone, he was diuorsed from his wife Isabell, that was the daughter of Ro|bert earle of Glocester, R. Houed. King Iohn is diuorsed. Matt. West. Matth. Paris. R. Houed. bicause of the néerenesse of bloud, as touching hir in the third degrée. After that, he married Isabell the daughter of Amerie earle of Angolesme, by whome he had two sonnes, Henrie and Richard, and thrée daughters, Isabell, Elianor, and Iane.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer, about this time, Matth. Paris. Geffrey arch. of Yorke de|priued. Geffrey archbishop of Yorke was depriued of all his manours, lands, and possessions, by the kings commandement, directed to the shiriffe of Yorkeshire for diuerse causes, for that he would not permit the same shiriffe to leuie the du|tie EEBO page image 162 called Charugage, that was; thrée shillings of e|uerie ploughland within his diocesse, rated and ap|pointed to be leuied to the kings vse, throughout all parts of the realme. Secondlie, for that the same archbishop refused to go ouer with the king into Normandie to helpe to make the marriage betwixt the French kings sonne and his néece. Thirdlie, bi|cause he had excommunicated the same shiriffe and all the prouince of Yorke: wherevpon the king tooke displeasure against him, and not onelie spoiled him (as I said) of his goods, but also banished him out of the court, not suffering him to come in his presence for the space of twelue moneths after.