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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the feast of saint Edward, the parlement began againe at London,A parlement. in which the states trea|ted of a subsidie to be granted to the king,Richard earle of Cornewall standeth a|gainst his brother for the grant of a subsidie. but they could not conclude thereof, neither would Richard earle of Cornewall disburse anie monie at that sea|son to his brother the king, bicause he allowed not the maner of laieng it out for the warres against Man|fred, being taken in hand without his consent. The same years, the king by the procurement of his bro|ther Richard earle of Cornewall,The liberties of London sei|zed into the kings hands. had seized the li|berties of the citie of London into his owne hands, vnder colour that the maior had not doone his dutie in the iust punishing of bakers for breaking of the assises of their bread. Herevpon, where the maior and communaltie of the citie had by the kings grant the citie to farme, with diuerse customes and offices, at a certeine rate and stinted summe of monie; now the king set officers therein at his pleasure, which were accomptable to him for all the reuenues and profits that grew within the citie.