Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 The earle of Sauoy in the presence of the archbi|shop of Canturburie,The earle of Sauoy dooth homage to the K. of England and the bishop of Hereford and others, did homage to the king of England, acknow|ledging to hold of him certeine fées, as those of Suse, Auislian, S. Maurice de Chablais, and the castell of Bard, which he might well doo, not preiudicing the right of the empire, sith he held nothing of the same empire, except Aigues and the passages. This yeare,Roger Bigod intitled to the office of earle Marshall. the office of the earle Marshall was giuen to Roger Bigod earle of Northfolke, in right of his wife the countesse, that was eldest daughter vnto the great earle William Marshall. ¶Moreouer, Matth. Paris. Harold king of Man. Welshmen re|ceiued to the kings peace, vp on their submission. in this yeare the king holding his Easter at London, honored Ha|rold king of Man with the order of knighthood. A|bout the same time, diuerse noble men of Wales submitted themselues, and were receiued vnto the kings peace. ¶ On saint Markes day was a great frost and snow, which nipped the leaues of trees and hearbes in such extreame wise, that for the more part they withered and faded awaie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Furthermore, bicause the pope vnderstood, that di|uerse rich beneficed men were of late dead in Eng|land intestate, as Robert Hailes the archdeacon of Lincolne, Almerike the archdeacon of Bedford, and Iohn Hotospe archdeacon of Northhampton, he ordeined a decrée,A decrée of the pope. that all such spirituall per|sons EEBO page image 239 as died intestate, their goods should remaine to the pope. The execution of which decrée he comman|ded to the friers preachers and minors but the king would not suffer it to take place, bicause he saw that it should redound to the preiudice of him and his kingdome. Wherein the popes oppression and wrong offered to the dead (by whose deceasse their suruiuing fréends should be benefited) and his cruell couetous|nes extending to the verie senseles corpse dooth ma|nifestlie appeare, so that it is verified of him, by waie of comparison,
Also, where the pope required a talage of the clergie, the king flatlie forbad it by his letters inhibitorie.Carniuorax tumidis vt gaudet hyaena sepulchris,Sic instat putidis ille cadaueribus.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane while, William Powis chapleine, and sir Henrie de Lamere knight, which were sent with the second letters, deuised in the late parlement (as you haue heard) to be preferred vnto the pope and cardinals, returned againe without obteining anie towardlie answer, but rather (as they declared) they found the pope sharp and rough in spéech, saieng,
The king of England which now kicketh against the church, & beginneth to plaie Frederiks part, hath his counsell, & so likewise haue I, which I intend to fol|low.Other answer they cold not obteine. Againe, the Englishmen that were sutors in the court of Rome, were strangelie vsed, and could not get anie dispatch in their businesse, but were rather put backe as schis|matikes, and with rebukes reuiled. Herevpon the king called a parlement at Winchester, to haue the aduise of his lords in this matter,A proclama|tion inhibi|ting monie to be sent to the pope. where how soeuer they agreed, proclamation was immediatlie set forth, and published in euerie shire & countie through the realme, that no man should consent to the popes contribution, nor send anie monie out of the realme to his aid. When the pope heard of this, he wrote ve|rie sharplie to the bishops, commanding them on paine of excommunication and suspension, to sasisfie his Nuncio remaining at the new temple in Lon|don, before the feast of the Assumption of our ladie. And whereas the king minded to haue stood in the matter through threats of his brother the earle of Cornewall, and of certeine prelats, namelie, the bi|shop of Worcester (who had authoritie as was said to interdict the land) he yéelded and suffered the pope to haue his will, to the great griefe and discomfort of manie.