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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Shortlie after, the king returned out of France, and about the feast of S. Marke came to London,The king re|turneth into England. and lodged in the bishops palace. And bicause of cer|teine rumors that were spred abroad sounding to some euill meaning, which prince Edward should haue against his father, the king brought ouer with him a great power of men in armes being stran|gers, howbeit he brought them not into the citie, but left them beyond the bridge in the parts of Surrie, notwithstanding being entred the citie, he so kept the gates and entries, that none was permitted to en|ter, but such as came in by his sufferance. The earle of Glocester by his appointment also was lodged within the citie, and the prince in the palace at West|minster. Shortlie after by the kings commandement he remooued to S. Iohns, & all the other lords were lodged without the citie, and the king of Almaine remooued againe to Westminster. In which time a direction was taken betweene the said parties, and a now assemblie and parlement assigned to be kept in the quindene of S. Iohn Baptist, and after defer|red or proroged till the feast of saint Edward, at the which time all things were paci [...]ed a while, but so as the earle of Glocester was put beside the roome which he had amongst other the peeres, and so then he ioined in fréendship with the earle of Leiscester,The earle of Glocester con|federateth [...] selfe with the earle of Lei|cester. as it were by way of confederacie against the resi|due, and yet in this last contention, the said earle of Leicester tooke part with the prince against the earle of Glocester.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This yeare the lord William de Beauchampe the elder deceassed. ¶The lord Edward the kings sonne, Chr. Dunstab. with a faire companie of knights and other men of armes, passed the seas to exercise himselfe in iusts, but he himselfe and his men were euill intreated in manie places, so that they lost horsse, armour, and all other things to his great griefe and disliking (as may be estéemed) yet (as some write) he returned home with victorie in the iusts. Matth. West. This yeare at Teu|kesburie, a Iew falling by chance into a iakes vpon the saturdaie,A Iew at Teukesburie falleth into a iakes. in reuerence of his sabboth would not suffer any man to plucke him foorth, wherof the earle of Glocester being aduertise [...], thought the christians should doo as much reuerence to their sabboth which is sundaie, and therefore would suffer no man to go about to take him foorth that day, and so lieng still EEBO page image 263 till mondaie, he was there found dead.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Matt. Westm. Death of No|ble men.Diuers Noble men departed this life in this yeare, as the earle of Albemarle, the lord William Beau|champe, Stephan de Longespee lord cheefe iustice of Ireland, and Roger de Turkeby one of the kings chéese councellors and iustices of the land, William de Kickham bishop of Durham, and Iohn de Crake|hale treasurer of England, a spirituall man, but rich beyond measure:Bach rather. also Henrie de Ba another of the kings iustices of the bench. In the 45 yeare of king Henries reigne, Matth. West. Anno. Reg. 45. The king of Scots com|meth to Lon|don. Matt. West. Alexander king of Scotland came to London anon after the feast of S. Edward, with a faire companie of Scotishmen, and shortlie after his wife the quéene of Scots came thither also. Moreouer king Henrie kept a roiall feast at West|minster, where he made to the number of foure score knights, amongst whome, Iohn sonne to the earle of Britaine, who had maried the ladie Beatrice, one of the kings daughters was there made knight. Shortlie after was sir Hugh Spenser made lord chéefe iustice.

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