Compare 1577 edition: 1 Lewes on the morrow following, being the 26 of Aprill, by his fathers procurement, came into the councell chamber,Lewes the Frẽch kings sonne main|te [...]neth his pretended ti|tle to the crowne of England. and with frowning looke beheld the legat, where by his procurator he defended the cause that moued him to take vpon him this iournie into England, disprouing not onelie the right which king Iohn had to the crowne, but also alledging his owne interest, not onelie by his new election of the barons, but also in the title of his wife, whose mother the quéene of Castile remained onelie aliue of all the brethren and sisters of Henrie the second late king of England (as before ye haue heard.) The legat made answer herevnto, that

king Iohn had taken vpon him the crosse, as one appointed to go to warre against Gods enimies in the holie land, wherefore he ought by decrée of the generall councell to haue peace for foure yeares to come,The priuilege of those that tooke vpon them the crosse. and to remaine in suertie vnder protection of the apostolike sée.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Matth. Paris. But these reasons notwithstanding, the legat war|ned the French king on paine of cursing, not to suf|fer his sonne to go into England, and likewise his sonne, that he should not presume to take the iournie in hand. But Lewes hearing this, declared that his father had nothing to do to forbid him to prosecute his right in the realme of England, which was not hol|den of him, and therefore required his father not to hinder his purpose in such things as belonged no|thing to him, but rather to licence him to séeke the recouerie of his wiues right, which he meant to pur|sue with perill of life, if need should require.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The legat perceiuing he could not preuaile in his sute made to king Philip, thought that he would not spend time longer in vaine, in further treating with him, but sped him foorth into England, obteining yet a safeconduct of the French king to passe through his realme. Lewes in like maner, purposing by all meanes to preuent the legat,The French kings sonne sendeth to the pope. first dispatched foorth ambassadours in all hast vnto the court of Rome to excuse himselfe to the pope, and to render the rea|sons that most speciallie mooued him to procéed for|ward in his enterprise against king Iohn, being cal|led by the barons of England to take the crowne thereof vpon him. This doone, with all conuenient speed he came downe to Calice,He commeth to Calice. where he found 680 ships well appointed and trimmed, which Eustace surnamed the moonke had gathered and prepared there readie against his comming.