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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Matth. Paris. The same yeare, whiles William Marshall earle of Penbroke was busie in Ireland in war against Hugh Lacie, Leolin prince (or king) of Wales, as some haue intitled him, tooke by force two castels that belonged to the same earle: whereof when he was aduertised, with all spéed he returned out of Ireland, raised an armie, and recouered the said castels, put|ting to death all such as he found in the same, to re|quite Leolin with the like damage as he had shewed him before in his absence.The earle of Penbroke re|couereth his castels taken by the prince of Wales. This doone he entered in|to the land of Leolin, wasting and spoiling the same, whereof when the said Leolin was informed, he as|sembled an host of Welshmen, and comming into the field gaue battell, but the victorie rested on the earle of Penbroks side:The prince of Wales dis|comfited. so that there were taken and slaine in this bickering to the number of 9000 Welshmen. There was in this yeare a conspiracie also begun by the earle of Chester, and other Noble men,A conspiracie against the lord chiefe iustice. against Hubert de Burgh lord chiefe iustice of England, by whose counsell (as it was thought) the king was more streict towards the nobilitie and other his subiects, in staieng his grant to confirme the charter of liberties, than otherwise he would haue beene, if the same Hubert and other had not aduised him to the contrarie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this season also Iohn de Bren king of Ierusa|lem, Matt. Paris. The king of Ierusalem commeth into England. and the lord great maister of the knights hospi|tallers came into England, where they were hono|rablie receiued of king Henrie, and liberally rewar|ded. The cause of their comming was to require aid of the king for the recouerie of the holie land out of the possession of the Saracens. In like maner about the same time Leolin prince of Northwals, with cer|teine English lords, as Hugh Lacie and others, vp|on an hatred which they bare towards king Henrie for his fathers sake, supposing that so euill a stocke as they tooke him to be, could not bring foorth anie good branch, sought by open warres to bring William Marshall earle of Penbroke and other barons that were faithfull friends to the king vnto their purpose: but the whole countrie rising against them, they were disappointed to their owne confusion, and so they could neuer bring that to passe which they so earnest|lie intended.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this yeare Philip the French king departed this life,

The death of the French king.

Ambassadors sent into France.

and after him succéeded Lewes his sonne, vnto whom king Henrie sent in ambassage the arch|bishop of Canturburie with three other bishops, to re|quire, that (according to his oth made and receiued at his returne out of England) he would restore and deliuer vp to him the dukedome of Normandie, with other such lands and possessions as his father in times past had taken from king Iohn, and still did wrongfullie withhold. K. Lewes answered herevn|to, that he held Normandie & the other lands by good right and iust title, as he could well prooue and iusti|fie, if king Henrie would come to the parlement in France to heare it. And as touching the oth which he had sworne in England, he affirmed that the same was first broken by king Henrie, both in that his men which had béene taken at Lincolne were put to greeuous ransoms, and also for that their liberties for which the warre first began, were not obserued, but denied to the English subiects, contrarie to that which was concluded at the agréement betwixt them at the same time made.

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