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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Abington. Irish lords. The Ile of Araine.About the same time certeine Irish lords, and a|mongst other as chéefe, one Thomas Biset landed in the Ile of Araine, the inhabitants whereof yéelded themselues vnto the same Thomas, who (as was iud|ged) meant to haue aided the Scots: but now hea|ring of the victorie which king Edward had gotten in a pight field, he sent vnto him to giue him to vn|derstand that he was come in his aid, & had woon the said Ile of Araine,Thomas Bi|set requireth the Ile of Araine. and therfore besought him that it might please him to grant it vnto him and his heires for euer. Which request the king granted: whereof when the earles Marshall and Hereford were aduer|tised,The euill opi|nion of the earles Mar|shall & Here|ford towards the king. they thought this a rash part of the king, consi|dering that he had promised to doo nothing anew without their consents and counsell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Therefore the king being (as ye haue heard) retur|ned to Carleill, they got licence to depart home with their people, leauing the king still at Carleill, where he remained a time, and held a parlement there, in the which he granted vnto manie of his nobles, the lands and liuings of diuers noble men of the Scots, as to the earles earledomes,The kings liberalitie to|wards his nobles. to the barons baronies; but Gallowaie and Annandale, with certeine other counties, he assigned to none, reseruing the same (as was thought) vnto the foresaid two earles, least they should thinke themselues euill dealt with, if they had no part bestowed on them amongst the residue.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The king after this went to Durham, and from thence thought to haue returned streight towards London, but hearing that the Scots meant to make some inuasion, he went to Tinmouth, and remained there till towards Christmasse. Now when the king had laine a certeine time at Tinmouth, Anno Reg. 27. he departed from thence, and drew southward, and comming to Cotingham,Cotingham. a little from Beuerlie, held his Christ|masse there, and after drew towards London, where in the beginning of Lent, he held a parlement, at the which he was required to kéepe promise for the confir|mation of the two charters and articles concluded with the earles of Hereford and Marshall.A parlement. Abington. The king was nothing contented that this matter should be so earnestlie called vpon, for loth he was to grant their full requests; and againe to denie them, he stood in doubt how it might be taken: he therefore prolon|ged time, & would make no answer either to or fro. But when the lords vrged him so sore to giue them answer,The lords call vpon the king to per|forme promise. he got him out of the citie, not making them priuie of his departure, and when they followed him, and seemed not well contented that he should so dis|semble with them, he excused himselfe by blaming the aire of the citie to be against his health, and there|fore bare them in hand, that he onelie sought to re|fresh himselfe in some better aire in the countrie more agreeable to his nature and as for answer to their requests, he willed [...] to repaire againe to the citie, and they should ha [...]e answer by hi [...] coun|cell,His answer so farre as should stand with reason to content them. They returned as he willed [...], and had the charters confirmed according to their requests, sa|uing that [...] a [...]dition was put in the latter end of the same,The [...] put in the [...]|clusion of [...] articles. [...], coronae [...] With which addition the lord [...] [...] home to their houses in [...] towards the king as before.

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