The Holinshed Project

Holinshed Project Home

The Texts
1587

Previous | Next

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king through the instinct of the diuell, to an|swer the popes auarice,He sendeth to the pope a wa|rant to take vp monie. sent him letters patents ob|ligatorie, signed with his roiall seale, by which he might take by way of lone such summes of monie, as would largelie serue his turne of the merchants Ita|lians, willing him not to sticke at the disbursing of treasure, nor at the great quantitie of the interest ri|sing vpon the vsurie, for he would discharge all: and herevnto he bound himselfe vnder paine to forfeit his kingdome and other his heritages. Matth. Paris The pope consenting herevnto, accepted this large offer. If he did well herein (saith Matthew Paris) the Lord the iudge of all iudges iudge it, to whom apperteineth the care of all things. To conclude,The pope is liberall of an other mans pursse. much monie was spent, for the pope spared not the king of Englands pursse, though little good was doone therewith. At length Conrade died, not without suspicion of poi|son. The pope being aduertised of his death, reioised greatlie, as he well vttered in plaine words, saieng;

Let vs all that be the children of the Romish church reioise, for now two of our greatest enimies are dis|patched out of the waie; the one a spirituall man, that is to saie, Robert bishop of Lincolne; and the other a laie-man, that is Conrade king of Sicill.Manfred pro|claimed king of Sicill.
But yet the pope missed of his purpose, for Manfred the ba|stard sonne of the emperour Frederike the second, was shortlie after proclaimed king of Sicill, and so the second errour was greater than the first.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the quindene of Easter,A parlement. there was a parle|ment holden at London, at the which were assembled all the states of the realme in greater number than EEBO page image 251 had béene commonlie seene. This parlement was chéefelie called, to let them vnderstand the kings ne|cessitie of monie for discharging of his debts, and to require them of their aid towards the same.The states re+fu [...]e to grant a subsidie. But whereas he requested more than was thought stood with reason, they would not agrée therevnto, but de|sired that he would confirme, and without all cauilla|tion sweare to obserue the liberties which by the char|ter he had promised to hold. Moreouer they required, that by the common councell of the realme they might choose to them the cheefe iustice, the chancellour and treasuror, but they were answered plainelie by some of the priuie councell, that this request would at no hand be granted.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore, the prelats complained, that they were driuen to paie the tenths which they promised conditionallie, as it were now by constreint and of dutie, to the preiudice of the liberties of the church. The Nobles also found themselues gréeued for the exactions which they saw at hand, but finallie, after manie things had beene debated touching these mat|ters, the parlement was adiourned till Michaelmas next,The parlemẽt adiourned. and euerie man departed to his home, with no great trust of the kings good will towards them, nor anie hartie thanks receiued of him for their paines, as may be thought by that which writers haue recor|ded. Two Noble men, to whom the custodie and gui|ding of the king and quéene of Scots was commit|ted, that is to say, Robert de Ros, and Iohn de Baili|oll,Rob. de Ros & Iohn Bai|lioll accused. were accused, for misusing themselues in the trust and charge which they had taken vpon them. King Henrie was the same time at Notingham. The information came foorth by a physician, who was sent from the queene of England, vnto hir daughter the quéene of Scots, to be about hir for gard of hir health, but bicause the same physician (whose name was Reignold of Bath) perceiued the quéene of Scots to be impaired in health through anguish of mind,Reignold de Bath a phy|sician. by reason of the misdemeanor of such as had the gouernement of hir and hir husband, he sticked not to blame and reprooue them in their dooings, for the which he was poisoned, as some thinke: for the truth was, he shortlie after sickened and died, signifi|eng vpon his death-bed vnto the quéene of England what he misliked and thought amisse in those that had the dooings about hir daughter and hir husband the Scotish king.

Previous | Next