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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 At the same time, Frederike the emperour going into Italie,Aid sent forth of England [...] the emperour. had a great number of English souldiers with him, which king Henrie furnished for his aid, EEBO page image 223 vnder the leading of a right valiant warriour, na|med Henrie de Trubleuille,Henrie Tru|bleuille. Iohn Mansel Wil. Hardell. with whome went also Iohn Mansell, whose valiancie in that iournie well appeared, and William Hardell a citizen of Lon|don was treasurer and paimaister to the souldiers. Herewith the pope was sore offended, and wrote his mind thereof to the king, who foorthwith returned an eloquent answer, requiring him to be more fauoura|ble to the emperour, considering his cause was such as could not iustlie offend his holinesse. About the same time, or rather (as by some writers it should ap|peare) somwhat before, the kings sister Ioane quéene of Scotland, comming into England to see hir bro|ther, fell into a sicknesse, and died.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer, the archbishop of Canturburie retur|ned into England, who at his comming to Rome, obteined little or nothing touching the suit which he had before the pope, for (as some haue written) the le|gat Otho being his heauie fréend, had so stopped the popes eares from hearing any of his complaints, that all his whole trauell did come to none effect. In like manner, Peter des Roches bishop of Winche|ster died this yeare in his manor at Farnham,The bishop of Winchester departeth this life. about the ninth of Iune, which prelat had gouerned that see about 32 yeares. He was a man of great wise|dome and dexteritie in ordering of weightie affaires touching the state of temporall regiment. He buil|ded manie goodlie monasteries, as the abbeies of Hales, Tikborne and Seleborne, with the hospitall at Portesmouth. He made also a notable testament, and besides his bequests which were great, he left his bishoprike so stored and throughlie furnished, that there was not so much diminished of that which he found at his comming in value, as the cattell that serued to draw the verie ploughs.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About this time, a learned esquire, or rather a clearke of the vniuersitie of Oxenford, bearing some malice toward the king, fained himselfe mad, and es|pieng thereby the secret places of his house at Wood|stoke where he then laie, Matth. Paris. A naughtie wretch meant to haue de|stroied the K. vpon a night by a window he got into the kings bedchamber, and comming to the beds side, threw off the couerings, and with a dag|ger strake diuers times into a pillow, supposing that the king had beene there, but as GOD would, that night the king laie in another chamber with the quéene. In the meane time, one of the queenes cham|bermaids named Margaret Biset, hauing espied the traitor, made an outcrie, so that the K. seruants which came to vnderstand what the matter meant, presentlie apprehended the said clearke, who being conueied to Couentrie, was there arreigned, and by lawfull proofe had of his malicious intent, was con|demned, and executed as a traitor. At his death he confessed, that he was sent from Sée his end in pag. 230. William de Ma|risch the sonne of Geffrie de Marisch to murther the king by such manner of means, not caring what had become of himselfe so he might haue dispatched his purpose.

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