Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this it chanced that king Iohn remembring himselfe of the destruction of the citie of Angiers, which (bicause he was descended from thence) he had before time greatlie loued, began now to repent him, in that he had destroied it, and therefore with all spéed he tooke order to haue it againe repaired,King Iohn repaireth the citie of An|giers. which was doone in most beautifull wife, to his great cost and expenses, which he might haue saued, had not his foolish rashnesse driuen him to attempt that, where|of vpon sober aduisement afterwards he was asha|med. But what will not an ordinarie man doo in the full tide of his furie; much more princes & great men, whose anger is resembled to the roring of a lion, e|uen vpon light occasions oftentimes, to satisfie their vnbrideled and brainesicke affections, which carrie them with a swift and full streame into such follies and dotages as are vndecent for their degrées. Her|to assenteth the poet, saieng,

— magni regésque ducésqueMal. Pal [...] suo cap.

Delirant saepe, & vitiorum peste laborant,

Stultiti [...]sque suis saepe vrbes exitio dant,

Imperiúmque sibi miserorum caede lucrantu [...].

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer, in this yeare about Candlemasse, the K. caused the 13 part of euerie mans goods,1207 A tax leuied. as well of the spiritualtie, as of the temporaltie, to be leuied and gathered to his vse, all men murmuring at such dooings, but none being so hardie as to gainesaie the kings pleasure,The archbi|shop of Yorke stealeth out of the realme. except onelie Geffrey the archbishop of Yorke, who therevpon departing secretlie out of the realme, accursed all those that laid any hands to the collection of that paiment, within his archbishop|rike of Yorke. Also vpon the 17 of Ianuarie then last past, about the middest of the night,A mightie tempest. there rose such a tempest of wind vpon a sudden, that manie houses were ouerthrowne therewith, and sheepe and other cattell destroied and buried in the drifts of snow, which as then laie verie déepe euerie where vp|on the ground.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The order of frier Minors began about this time, and increased maruellouslie within a short season. And the emperour Otho came ouer into England in this yeare,The [...]mperor Otho cõmeth into England. where he was most roiallie receiued by king Iohn, who taking councell with the said empe|rour to renew the warre against the French king (bicause he was promised great aid at his hands for the furnishing of the same) gaue vnto him at his de|parting foorth of the realme,

Fiue thou|sand marks of siluer, as Matth. West. and Matth. Paruus do [...] write.

Anno Reg. 9.