Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The archbish. of Canturbu|rie receiued into fauour.In this meane time king Edward at the feast of Lammas held a councell at London, where he recei|ued the archbishop of Canturburie againe into his fauor, restoring vnto him all his goods and lands. He appointed him and the lord Reinold Grey to haue his eldest sonne prince Edward in kéeping, till his re|turne out of Flanders. But Nicholas Triuet writeth, that the said prince Edward being appointed to re|maine at home, Nic. Triuet. Gardians ap|pointed to the kings sonne in his fathers absence. as lieutenant to his father, there were appointed vnto him as councellors, Richard bi|shop of London, William earle of Warwike, and the forenamed lord Reinold Grey, with the lord Iohn Gifford, and the lord Alane Plokenet, men of high wisedome,Earles Mar|shall and Here+ford refuse to go ouer with the king into Flanders. grauitie and discretion, without ma|king mention of the archbishop of Canturburie in that place. The two earles Marshall and Hereford being commanded to attend the king into Flan|ders, refused, excusing themselues by messenger.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Sir Rafe Monthermer released.After this, the king caused sir Rafe Monthermer (whom his daughter the countesse of Glocester, in hir widowhood had taken to husband without kno|ledge of hir father) to be deliuered out of the castell of Bristow, wherein he had béene kept prisoner a cer|teine time vpon displeasure for the marriage: but now he was not onelie set at libertie, but also resto|red to his wife, and to all the lands perteining to the earledome of Glocester, appointing him to find 50 men at armes to serue in that iournie into Flan|ders.Scotishmen released. He also deliuered the earles of Cassels and Menteth, Iohn Comin, and diuers other Scotish|men, appointing them also to go with him into Flan|ders. Finallie hauing assembled his armie, ouer the which he made the lord Thomas Berklie constable, and Geffrey Ienuille marshall,The lord Berkley. A libell deli|uered to the king from [...] earles o [...] H [...]|reford and Marshall. he went to Win|chelsey, and whilst he laie there before he tooke the sea, there was presented vnto him from the earles a wri|ting, which conteined the causes of the gréefe of all the archbishops, bishops, abbats, earles, lords, barons, and of all the communaltie, as well for summoning them to serue by an vndue meane, as also for the vn|reasonable taxes, subsidies, impositions & paiements which they dailie susteined, and namelie the impost augmented vpon the custome of wooll seemed to them verie greeuous. For whereas for euerie sacke of whole wooll there was fortie shillings paid, and for e|uerie sacke of broken wooll one marke: it was well knowne, that the wooll of England was almost in value esteemed to be woorth halfe the riches of the realme, and so the custome thereof paid, would as|cend to a fift part of all the substance of the land.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The kings answer therevnto was,The kings answer. that he could not alter any thing, without the aduise of his coun|cell, of the which part were alreadie passed ouer into Flanders, and part were at London; and therfore he required the said earles, that if they would not at|tend him in that iournie into Flanders, they would yet in his absence doo nothing that might be preiudi|ciall to the realme: for he trusted by Gods fauour to returne againe in safetie,The king [...] ouer [...] Flanders Abington. and set all things in good order. At length, about the 21 daie of August, the king tooke the sea, and landed in Flanders neere to Sluice, about the 27 day of the same moneth. He was no sooner on land, but that through old enuie and malice depending betwéene the mariners of the cinque ports, and them of Yermouth and other quar|ters, a quarell was picked, so that they fell togither,Debate [...] fighting [...] the [...] of [...] and [...] and fought on the water in such earnest sort, notwith|standing the kings commandement sent to the con|trarie, that there were 25 ships burnt and destroied of theirs of Yermouth, and other their partakers: al|so thrée of their greatest ships, part of the kings trea|sure being in one of them, were tolled foorth into the high sea, and quite conueied awaie.