Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Thus by reason of couetous greedinesse to get mo|nie for the furnishing of the popes warres against Manfred king of Sicill, both the pope and the king of England ran in slander and hatred of the Eng|lish nation, namelie, of the spiritualtie, so that such as recorded the acts and doings of that time, spared not to make manifest to the world by their writings, Matth. Paris. how iniuriouslie they were handled, blaming the practises of the court of Rome in plaine terms, and affirming that the pope had power in those things which worke to edification, and not to destruction. About this season,The Lord Gray forsa|keth the court. Iohn lord Grey, being one of the chéefe councellors to the king, a right honourable knight, and for his good demeanor and high valian|cie greatlie commended of all, withdrew himselfe from the court, either by reason of age that desireth rest, or rather (as was thought) for that he doubted to beare blame for such errors as were dailie commit|ted by them that bare rule about the king, which could not but bring the authors into great infamie at length, and therefore was he loth to be partaker with them of such slander as might haue redounded to him also, if he had still continued and taried amongst them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Also, vpon the two and twentith of Nouember, were brought vnto Westminster a hundred and two Iews from Lincolne,Iewes accu|sed & executed for crucifieng a child at Lincolne na|med Hugh. that were accused for the cru|cifieng of a child in the last summer, in despight of Christes religion. They were vpon their examinati|on sent to the towre. The child which they had so cru|cified was named Hugh, about an eight yeares of age. They kept him ten daies after they got him in|to their hands, sending in the meane time vnto di|uerse other places of the realme, for other of their na|tion to be present at the crucifieng of him. The mur|ther came out, by the diligent search made by the mother of the child, who found his bodie in a well, on the backe side of the Iews house, where he was cruci|fied: for she had learned, that hir sonne was lastlie seene plaieng with certeine Iews children of like age to him, before the dore of the same Iew. The Iew that was owner of the house, was apprehended, and being brought before sir Iohn de Lerinton, vpon pro|mise of pardon, confessed the whole matter. For they vsed yearelie (if they could come by their preie) to crucifie one christian child or other. The king vpon knowledge had hereof, would not pardon this Iew that had so confessed the matter, but caused him to be executed at Lincolne, who comming to the place where he should die, opened more matter concerning such as were of counsell and present at the crucifi|eng of the poore innocent.Eighteene Iews hanged Wherevpon at length also eightéene of them that were so brought to London, were conuinced, adiudged and hanged, the other re|mained long in prison.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 When the feast of saint Hilarie was come, the cleargie met againe at London, and fell to intreat of their former businesse, at what time one maister Leonard aliàs Reignold that was chosen prolocutor for all the prelats,The prolocu|tors answer to the popes legat. amongst other answers made to the legat Ruscand, when the same Ruscand alledged that all churches were the popes; Truth it is said Leonard, to defend, and not to vse and appropriate them to serue his owne turne; as we saie, that all is the princes, meaning that all is his to defend, and not to spoile: and such was the intent of the founders. Ruscand sore offended herewith, said, he would that euerie man should speake afterwards for himselfe, that as well the pope as the king might vnderstand what euerie man said in their businesse and matters. The prelats were striken in a dumpe herewith, for they perceiued how the matter went:The prelats appeale. they appealed yet against the demands that were made by Rus|cand, who would not change a word of that he had written, in which was conteined, that the prelats had acknowledged themselues to haue borrowed of the merchant strangers, no small summes of monie, and the same to be conuerted to the vse of their churches, which was most vntrue as all men well vnderstood: wherevpon the prelats affirmed, and not without rea|sonable cause,Marke the cause of mar|tyrdome. that there was a greater occasion in this cause of martyrdome, than in that of Thomas sometime archbishop of Canturburie.