Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the feast of S. Hilarie, when knowledge was giuen that king Richard of Almaine meant to returne into England, Ambassadors sent to the K. of Almaine. there were sent ouer vnto EEBO page image 261 him the bishop of Worcester, the abbat of saint Ed|mundsburie. Peter de Sauoy, and Iohn Mansell, as ambassadours from the baronage and commu|naltie of the realme, to require of him an oth, to stand vnto and obeie the ordinances of the late parlement holden at Oxenford. When the said ambassadors came before his presence, and declared to him the ef|fect of their message, he beheld them with a sterne looke, and frowning countenance, saieng (and bind|ing it with an oth) that he would neither be sworne, nor kéepe any such ordinances as had beene made without his consent;His protesta|tion to their demand. neither would he make them of counsell how long his purpose was to staie within the realme, which the ambassadours required also to vnderstand. Herevnto he further added, that he had no péere in England, for he was the sonne of the de|ceased king, and brother of the king that now reig|ned, and also earle of Cornewall, and therefore if the barons of England ment to reforme the state of the kingdome, their duetie had beene first to haue sent for him, and not to haue proceeded so presumptuous|lie in such a weightie cause, without his presence or consent. When one of the ambassadours was about to haue made answer somewhat roundlie, and also nippinglie vnto this spéech vttered by the king of Al|maine, he was staied by one of his associats. And so the ambassadours vnderstanding his mind, retur|ned with all conuenient speed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king of Almaine had assembled a great host of men on the further side the sea, meaning with all expedition to haue passed hither into England: but when he had aduertisement giuen that there was a power raised in England, and bestowed both by sea and land to resist him,He changeth his purpose and commeth ouer into England. he changed his purpose by ad|uise of his freends, so that he consented to receiue such manner of oth as the barons required, and here|with taking the sea, he arriued at Douer on saint Iu|lians daie with his owne houshold-seruants, bring|ing with him no traine of strangers, except onelie two earles of Almaine, which brought with them but onelie three knights, and he himselfe had but eight knights: his brother king Henrie was readie to re|ceiue him, and brought him from Douer vnto Can|turburie, for neither of them was suffered to enter into the castell of Douer, the lords hauing them in a gelousie, least they should be about to breake the or|dinances which were concluded. On the morow af|ter,He receiueth an oth not to infringe the statutes of Oxford. the king of Almaine receiued the oth in the pre|sence of Richard earle of Glocester and others, with|in the chapter house of Canturburie. And on the day of the Purification of our ladie, the two kings with their queenes and a great number of noble persona|ges made their entrie and passage into the citie of London.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the octaues of the said Purification, the parle|ment began at London,A parlement. to the which came the earle of Leicester from the parts of beyond the sea, where he had for a certeine time remained. There came also an ambassador from the French king, one that was deane of Burges, and so there was an earnest trea|tie had touching a peace to be concluded betwixt the two kings of England and France, which on the day of saint Ualentine was accorded and put in articles, with condition that the same should remaine firme and stable,A peace con|cluded vpon betwixt the kinges of Eng+land & France if the kings would assent to that which had beene talked of and agreed vpon by their speciall and solemne agents. For the further perfecting of this agreement and finall peace betwixt the kings of England and France about the begining of Aprill, the earls of Glocester and Leicester, Iohn Mansell, Peter de Sauoy, and Robert Ualerane were sent ouer into France, hauing also with them letters of credence, to conclude in all matters as had béene tal|ked of by their agents. But when the countesse of Leicester would not consent to quite claime and re|lease hir right in such parcels of Normandie as be|longed to hir,The countesse of Leicester. which king Henrie had couenanted with the residue to resigne vnto the French king. The earle of Glocester fell at words with the earle of Lei|cester,Contention betwixt the earles of Glo|cester and Leicester. about the stubborne demeanor which his wife shewed in that matter, and so by reason that either of them stood at defiance with the other (although by meane of freends they staied from further inconue|nience) they returned backe without concluding any thing in that whereabout they were sent.