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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore, at the sute of the commons it was ordeined and established by an act in this parlement deuised, that men of law should plead their causes, and write their actions and plaints in the English toong,

Lawiers to plead their ca [...]es in En|glish.

Caxton. Schoolema|sters to teach scholers to construe their lessons in English.

and not in the French, as they had béene accu|stomed to doo, euer since the Conquerors time. It was ordeined also, that schoolemasters should teach their scholers to construe their lessons in English, & not in French, as before they had béene vsed. The K. shewed so much curtesie to the French hostages, that he permitted them to go ouer to Calis, and there be|ing néere home, to purchase friendship, by oft calling on their fréends for their deliuerance. They were suf|fered to ride to and fro about the marches of Calis, for the space of foure daies togither, so that on the fourth daie before sunne setting, they returned into Calis againe. The duke of Aniou turning this liber|tie to serue his owne turne, departed from thence, and went home into France, without making his fellowes priuie to his purpose.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 This yeare a parlement was called by the king, which began the ninth of October,1363 Anno Reg. 37. from the which none of the noble men could obteine licence to be ab|sent. Thom. Wals. In this parlement all rich ornaments of gold and siluer vsed to be worne in kniues,

Additions to Adam Meri|muth.

A statute of a|raie against costlie appa|rell.

girdels, ouches, rings, or otherwise, to the setting foorth of the bodie, were prohibited, except to such as might dispend ten pounds by yeare. Morouer that none should weare a|ny rich clothes or furres, except they might dispend an hundred pounds by yeare. ¶ Moreouer it was en|acted, that labourers and husbandmen should not vse any deintie dishes, or costlie drinks at their tables. But these, and such other acts as were deuised and e|stablished at this parlement, tooke none effect, as af|ter it appeared. In this yeare, there came into Eng|land to speake with king Edward concerning their weightie affaires,Thrée kings came into En+gland about businesse with K. Edward. thrée kings, to wit, the king of France, the king of Scotland, & the king of Cypres: they were honorablie receiued, and highlie feasted.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The king of Scotland, and the king of Cypres af|ter they had dispatched their businesse for the which they came, turned backe againe; but the French king fell sicke, and remained here till he died, as in the next yeare ye shall heare. He arriued here in Eng|land, about the latter end of this yeare, and came to Eltham (where king Edward as then laie) on the foure and twentith day of Ianuarie, and there dined. After diner, he tooke his horsse and rode toward Lon|don, and vpon Blacke heath, the citizens of London clad in one kind of liuerie, and verie well horssed, met him, and conueied him from thence through to Lon|don, to the Sauoy, where his lodging was prepared. About the beginning of March, Anno. Reg. 38. in this eight and thir|tith yeare, the forenamed French king fell into a gréeuous sickenesse,The death of the French king. of the which he died the eight day of Aprill following. His corps was conueied into France, and there buried at S. Denise: his exequies were kept here in England in diuerse places right solemnelie, by king Edwards appointment.

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