Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 After this, he besieged a castell that stood vpon the banke of the riuer of Loier, called La Roch au|moyne, inforcing his whole indeuour to haue woone it.The French kings sonne came to fight with king Iohn. But yer he could atteine his purpose, he was ad|uertised that Lewes the sonne of king Philip was comming towards him with a great power to raise his siege. Wherefore hauing no great confidence in the Poictouins, and vnderstanding that Lewes brought with him a verie strong armie, he tooke ad|uise of his councell, who iudged that it should be best for him to breake vp his siege and to depart, which he did,

K. Iohn re|moueth to Angiers.

The Poicto|uins subdued by the Frẽch. The battell at the bridge of Bouins,

and went streight waies to Angiers. Lewes (af|ter king Iohn was thus retired) brought the Poicto|uins againe to subiection, and put the chiefe authours of the rebellion to death. In the meane time also his father king Philip with like successe, but in a fough|ten field, vanquished the emperour Otho at the bridge of Bouins on the 28 day of Iulie, as in the hi|storie of France more at large appeare. There a|mong other prisoners, the thrée earles of Flanders Salisburie and Bullogne were taken.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now king Iohn being aduertised of that ouer|throw, was maruellouslie sad and sorrowfull for the chance, in somuch that he would not receiue any meat in a whole daie after the newes thereof was brought vnto him.The saieng of king Iohn. At length turning his sorrow in|to rage, he openlie said,

that since the time that he made himselfe & his kingdom subiect to the church of Rome, nothing that he did had prospered well with him.

Indéed he condescended to an agréement with the pope (as may be thought) more by force than of de|uotion, and therefore rather dissembled with the pope (sith he could not otherwise choose) than agreed to the couenants with any hartie affection.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But to the purpose. Perceiuing himselfe now de|stitute of his best fréends, of whom diuerse remained prisoners with the French king (being taken at the battell of Bouins) he thought good to agrée with king Philip for this present, by way of taking some truce, which by mediation of ambassadours riding to and fro betwixt them,A truce taken betwixt the two kings of England & France. was at length accorded to endure for fiue yeares, and to begin at Easter, in the yeare of our Lord, 1215. After this, about the 19 daie of October he returned into England, to appease cer|teine tumults which began alreadie to shoot out buds of some new ciuill dissention. And suerlie the same spred abroad their blossoms so freshlie, that the fruit was knit before the growth by anie timelie prouisi|on could be hindered. For the people being set on by diuerse of the superiours of both sorts, finding them|selues gréeued that the king kept not promise in re|storing the ancient lawes of S. Edward, determi|ned from thencefoorth to vse force, since by request he might not preuaile. To appease this furie of the peo|ple, not onlie policie but power also was required, for the people vndertaking an euill enterprise, speci|allie raising a tumult or ioining in a conspiracie are as hardlie suppressed and vanquished as Hydra the monster hauing manie: heads and therefore it is well said, that

—comes est discordia vulgi,

Námque à turbando nomen sibi turba recepit.