Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Nobles supposing that longer delaie therein was not to be suffered, assembled themselues togi|ther at the abbeie of Burie (vnder colour of going thither to doo their deuotions to the bodie of S. Ed|mund which laie there inshrined) where they vttered their complaint of the kings tyrannicall maners,A cloked pil|grimage. al|ledging how they were oftentimes called foorth to serue in the wars & to fight in defense of the realme, and yet notwithstanding were still oppressed at home by the kings officers, who (vpon confidence of the lawes) attempted all things whatsoeuer they concei|ued. And if anie man complained, or alledged that he receiued wrong at their hands, they would an|swer by and by, that they had law on their side to doo as they had doone, so that it was no wrong but right which they did, and therfore if they that were the lords and péeres of the realme were men, it stood them vp|on to prouide that such inconueniences might be a|uoided, and better lawes brought in vse, by the which their ancestours liued in a more quiet and happie state.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 There was brought foorth and also read an ancient charter made sometime by Henrie the first (whichThe charter of K. Henrie the first. charter Stephan the archbishop of Canturburie had deliuered vnto them before in the citie of London) conte [...]ning the grant of certeine liberties according to the lawes of king Edward the confessor,A firebrand of dissention. profita|ble to the church and barons of the realme, which they purposed to haue vniuersallie executed ouer all the land. And therfore being thus assembled in the quéere EEBO page image 184 of the church of S. Edmund, they receiued a solemne oth vpon the altar there, that if the king would not grant to the same liberties, with others which be of his owne accord had promised to confirme to them, they would from thencefoorth make warre vpon him, till they had obteined their purpose, and inforced him to grant, not onelie to all these their petitions, but also yéeld to the confirmation of them vnder his scale, for [...]uer to remaine most stedfast and inuio|lable.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Bernewell. The cheefe cause that mooued the lords to this con|spiracie, rose by reason the king demanded escuage of them that refused to go with him into Poictow: and they on the other part mainteined, that they were not bound to paie it, for any warres which the king made in the parts beyond the seas. But he to prooue that he ought to haue it, declared how in his fathers and brothers time it was paied, and there|fore he ought to haue it. Much adoo there was about this matter at the first broching thereof, and more a|doo there had beene, if the legats presence had not somewhat sta [...]ed the parties. But after they had got|ten the charter of king Henrie the first at the hands of the archbishop of Canturburie, they made such a sinister interpretation thereof, that supposing it to serue their turnes, they procéeded in their wil|full opinions (as aboue is mentioned.)