Compare 1577 edition: 1 Matth. Paris. Whilest the king was thus occupied in Wales, there was some busines in France: for in the moneth of Iune, the French king with an armie came to in|uade the countrie of Britaine, but earle Henrie with the earle of Chester and the other English capteins found meanes to take and destroie all the cariages and wagons which came with vittels and other proui|sion to serue the French armie.H [...]nrie earle of Britaine, and the earle of Chester distresse the French kings cariages. When the French|men perceiued they could not haue their purpose, by mediation of the archbishop of Reimes, and the earle of Bollongne on the French part, and by consent of the earles of Britaine and Chester on the English part, a peace was concluded, or rather a truce to in|dure for three yeares betwixt the two kings of Eng|land and France.A truce ta|ken. This agréement was made the fift daie of Iulie, and then the earles of Britaine and Chester, with Richard Marshall, came ouer into England, and rode to the king, whom they found at Mawds castell, where he remained till the work [...] was finished, and then in the moneth of October re|turned into England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Anno Reg. 16. 1232 In this meane time no small grudge arose among the people, by reason that their churches were occu|pied by incumbents that were strangers, promoted by the popes and their legats, Matth. Paris. who neither instructed the people, nor could well speake anie more English than that which serued for the collection of their tithes, in somuch that for the insolencie of such imcumbents as well the Noble men and those of good reputation, as other of the meaner sort, by an vndiscréet presum|ption attempted a disorderlie redresse,An vnorder|lie & presump|tuous attempt confederating themselues togither, and taking vpon them to write and direct their letters vnto bishops and chapters, commanding them by waie of inhibition, not to séeme to interrupt those that should seize vpon the beneficed strangers, or vpon their reuenues.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 They also tooke vpon them to write vnto such re|ligious men and others, which were farmers vnto a|nie of those strangers, forbidding them to stand ac|countable vnto the said strangers, but to reteine the rents and profits in their hands to answer the same vnto such as they should appoint for the receipt ther|of. The superscription of their letters was this.The super|scription of their letters. ¶ Ta|li episcopo, & tali capitulo, vniuersitas eorum, qui magis vo|lunt mori quàm à Romanis confundi, salutem. That is to say, To such a bishop and chapter, all those which had rather die than be confounded by the Romans, send greeting. In the seale wherewith the said letters were sealed, were two swords ingrauen.