Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer, whereas he stood in great néed of mo|nie, he required by way of a tallage eight thousand marks of the Iewes,The king de|mandeth mo|nie of the Iewes. charging them on paine of han|ging, not to deferre that paiment. The Iewes sore impouerished with gréeuous and often paiments ex|cused themselues by the popes vsurers, and reprooued plainelie the kings excessiue taking of monie, as well of his christian subiects as of them. The king on the other side, to let it be knowne that he taxed not his people without iust occasion, and vpon necessitie that droue him thereto, confessed openlie, that he was in|debted by his bonds obligatorie, in thrée hundred thousand marks:The kings debt 3000000 marks. and againe, the yearelie reuenues assigned to his sonne prince Edward, arose to the summe of fifteene thousand marks and aboue, where the reuenues that belonged vnto the crowne were greatlie diminished, in such wise, that without the aid of his subiects, he should neuer be able to come out of debt. To be short, when he had fléeced the Iewes to the quicke, he set them to farme vnto his brother earle Richard,The earle of Cornewall lendeth the king monie. that he might pull off skin and all; but yet considering their pouertie, he spared them, and ne|uerthelesse, to relieue his brothers necessitie, vpon a pawne he lent him an huge masse of monie. These shifts did the king vse from time to time, not caring with what exactions and impositions he burthened the inhabitants of his land, whereby he procured vn|to himselfe the name of an oppressor and couetous scraper. But what woonder is it in a king, sith

Hor. lib. 2. serm.Maxima paris hominum morbo iactatur eodem?

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 About the same time, Lewes the French king sent vnto king Henrie for a present an elephant,An elephant sent to the K. a beast most strange and woonderfull to the English people, sith most seldome or neuer any of that kind had béene séene in England before that time. The French queene also sent for a present vnto the king of Eng|land an ewer of pearle like to a peacocke in forme and fashion,An ewer of pearle, per|aduenture an agat. garnished most richlie with gold, siluer, and saphires to furnish him foorth in all points of fine and cunning workemanship, to the verie resem|blance of a liuing peacocke. ¶Manie woonders chan|ced about this time. The sea rose with most high tides, riuers were so filled with abundance of water,Strange wonders. High tides. by reason of the great continuall raine, that maruellous flouds followed therevpon.A comet. A comet also appeared, and manie high buildings were striken by force of tempests.The decease of Walter archbishop of Yorke. The death of Walter archbishop of Yorke followed these prodigious wonders, who had gouer|ned that sée the space of fortie yeares. After him suc|ceeded one Seuall the 34 archbishop of that citie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Elianor the wife of prince Edward cõ|meth to the citie.About the feast of S. Etheldred, the ladie Elianor wife of prince Edward the kings son, came to Lon|don, where she was honorablie receiued of the citi|zens, & conueied through the citie to S. Iones with|out Smithfield, and there lodged for a season, and yer long she remooued to the Sauoy. It was not long after, that the king seized the liberties of the citie of London into his hands, for certeine monie which the quéene claimed as due to hir of a certeine right to be paid by the citizens,The liberties of the citie re|stored to the Londoners. so that about the feast of S. Mar|tine in Nouember, they gaue vnto the king foure hundred marks, and then had their liberties to them againe restored, and the kings vnder-treasuror dis|charged, which for the time was made custos or kée|per of the citie.