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Compare 1577 edition: 1 An eclipse.The moone suffered a maruellous eclipse on the night following the day of S. Margaret in Iulie. It began afore midnight, and continued foure houres. The king in the behalfe of his daughter the queene of Scots raised a power, and drew northwards, sending before him the earle of Glocester,The earle of Glocester & Iohn Man|sell sent into Scotland. and Iohn Mansell that was his chapleine and one of his coun|cell. These two so vsed the matter, that they came to Edenburgh, where the king and queene of Scots then laie in the castell, into the which the [...] entred, and altred the order of the houshold, so as stood with the contentation of the king and queene, which were in such wise vsed before that time, that they were not suffered to lie togither, nor scarse come to talke togither.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Robert de Ros summo|ned to appeare.Robert de Ros was summoned to appeare before the king of England, to answer to such things as might be laid to his charge. At the first he withdrew himselfe, but afterwards he came in, and submitted himselfe to the kings pleasure. Diuerse of the nobles of Scotland tooke it not well, that the earle of Gloce|ster and Iohn Mansell should thus come into the ca|stell of Edenburgh, and order things in the kings house in such sort at their pleasure: wherevpon they assembled a power, and besieged the castell, but at length perceiuing their owne error, they raised their siege and departed. Iohn de Bailioll being accused of the like crime that was laid to the charge of his fellow Robert de Ros, for a p [...]ece of monie bought his peace and was pardoned, but the lands of Robert de Ros were seized into the kings hands. Finallie, the king and queene of England came to an enter|uiew with the king of Scots and the quéene their daughter, and setting all things with them in such or|der as was thought conuenient, they returned to|wards the south parts.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane season,A shift to get monie of the bishops deui|sed by the bish. o [...] Hereford. the bishop of Hereford de|uised a shift to helpe the K. with monie, towards the paiments of his debts, by obteining certeine auten|tike seales of the prelats of this land, wherewith he signed certeine instruments and writings, wherein was expressed, that he had receiued diuerse summes of monie for dispatch of businesse perteining to them and to their churches, of this and that merchant of Florence or Siena, whereby they stood bound for re|paiment thereof by the same instruments and wri|tings so made by him their agent in their names. This shift was deuised by the said bishop of Here|ford, with licence obteined therevnto of the king, and also of the pope, vnto whome for the same intent the said bishop was sent, with sir Robert Walerane knight. The pope was the sooner persuaded to grant licence for the contriuing of such manner of shift, bi|cause the monie should go to the discharging of the kings debts, into the which he was run, by bearing the charges of the warres against the king of Si|cill.

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