Compare 1577 edition: 1 Before the end of this solemne assemblie of states, EEBO page image 256 the archbishop of Cullen with a duke,The archbish. of Cullen and other ambas|sadors of Al|maine. & an other bi|shop came ouer out of Almaine, vnto their elect king Richard, to whome they did fealtie and homage, as to their souereigne liege lord and gouernor, which thing once doone, he gaue to the said archbishop fiue hun|dred marks to beare his charges, with a rich miter set with stones, & furnished with plates of beaten gold; which miter when the archbishop had set it vpon his head;

He hath (saith he) giuen a rich gift to me and to my church, and verelie, euen as I haue put this mi|ter on my head, so will I set on his head the crowne of the kingdome of Almaine; he hath mitered me, and I will crowne him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Six archbish. present at London in time of the parlement.Héere is further to be noted, that there were pre|sent at this parlement six archbishops, Canturburie, Yorke, Dubline, Messina, Tarento and Cullen. The archbishop of Messina was come to the king to set him on dotage for the businesse about the conquest of Naples and Sicill. At the feast of Ester next follow|ing, the archbishop of Cullen returned into his coun|trie,The elect K. of Almaine taketh his leaue of the king his bro|ther. and the third day after Easter, the elect king of Almaine tooke his leaue, and departed toward Yar|mouth, where he purposed to take the sea, to saile ouer into Almaine, but by reason of contrarie winds he was driuen to remaine there a long time, to his great gréefe and inestimable charges before he could passe ouer; yet finallie, about the latter end of Aprill, he got foorth to the sea, and landed at Dordreigh the first of Maie next insuing.He landeth at Dordreigh. A synod.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the same time, the archbishop of Canturbu|rie called a synod of the bishops and abbats inhabi|ting within his prouince, that inuocating the grace of the Holie-ghost, they might foresee some redresse for reléefe of the English church, now in these late yeares sore disquieted by new oppressions, more grée|uous than had béene accustomed: for the king by counsell, or rather by the whispering of some flatte|rers and enimies to the realme, was so induced, that he permitted certeine euill customs, as thornie brem|bles to increase in the fruitfull garden of pleasure, and to choke vp the trees that brought foorth fruit in great plentie. Moreouer in this yeare, king Henrie caused the walles of the citie of London, Matth. Paris. which w [...]re sore decaied and destitute of turrets, to be repared in more seemelie wise than before they had béene, at the common charges of the citie.