Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The bishop of London was sent ambassador from king Iohn vnto the emperour vpon certeine earnest businesse. The duke of Lo [...]in [...], and the earle of Bullongne were made friends by the French kings [...], and promised to inuade England with an armie, and to make warre against king Iohn for the withholding of such lands and reuenues as they claimed to be due vnto them, in right of their wiues. King Philip also vndertooke to follow them within a moneth after they should be entred into England, & thus did the French king seeke to make him str [...]ng with fréends, which [...]a [...]lie fell from king Iohn [...]n ech hand. ¶Godfrey bishop of Winchester, that was son to the lord Richard de L [...]ie departed this life. This yeare the king was on Christmasse day at Tenkes|burie,120 [...] where he staied not past one day.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The 14 day of Ianuarie it began to fréeze, and so continued till the 22 of March, with such extremitie,An extreame frost. that the husbandmen could not make their [...]ilth, by reason wherof in the summer following, corne began to grow to an excessiue price, so that wheat was sold by the quarter at 12 shillings of monie then cur|rant. This yeare about the feast of Pentecost, the king (by the aduise of his councell assembled at Northampton) prepared a nauie of ships, Anno. Reg. [...]. Polydor. Matth. Paris. King Iohn prepareth an armie to go into France. mustered souldiers, and shewed great tokens that he would renew the war, and séeke to be reuenged of his eni|mie the French king. The Nobles of the realme indeuoured themselues also to match the diligence of the king in this preparation, vpon an earnest de|sire to reuenge the iniuries latelie doone to the com|mon-wealth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now when all things were readie, and the ships fraught with vittels, armour, and all other prouisi|ons necessarie, the king came to Porchester, there to take the sea, purposing verelie to passe ouer into France, in hope of such faire promises as his fréends of Normandie and Poictou had made, in sending of|tentimes to him, to procure him with spéed to come to their succours. Rafe Cog. The archbi|shop of Can|turburie, and the earle of Penbroke persuade the king to staie at home. But as the king was readie to en|ter on shipboord, Hubert archbishop of Canturburie, and William Marshall earle of Penbroke came to him, and with manie great reasons went about to persuade him to staie his iournie. Who although he was verie loath to follow their counsell, yet they put foorth so manie doubts and dangers that might fol|low of his departing the realme at that present, to the hazarding of the whole state, that in the end (sore to his greefe) he was ouercome by their importunate persuasions, and so dismissing the most part of his armie, appointed his brother the earle of Salisburie with a certeine number of knights & men of armes to passe ouer into Rochell, whither the lord Geffrey the kings base sonne was gone before him, with ma|nie other knights and men of armes.