Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 In this yeare about Christmasse, sir William de Montacute earle of Salisburie, after he had remai|ned twelue moneths space at Calis, the kings lieute|nant there was called home,Sir Iohn Deuereux made deputie of Calis. & sir Iohn Deuereux a right valiant knight, and an old man of warre, was sent thither in his place. ¶ Also, sir Iohn Harleston was called home from Chierburg, and sir William Windeshore a noble knight was sent thither to be capteine of that fortresse. ¶After the Epiphanie, was a parlement called at London, which continued till the beginning of the kalendes of March. ¶Also wher|as the yeare before there had beene certeine bishops, earles, barons, and iustices appointed, to haue the go|uernement and rule about the king; now at the re|quest of the lords and commons in this parlement as|sembled;The earle of Warwike ele|cted protector. the lord Thomas Beauchampe earle of Warwike was chosen to remaine continuallie with the king, as chéefe gouernour, both of his person, and to giue answer to all strangers that should come hi|ther about any businesse whatsoeuer, and further to haue the rule and order of all things, in lieu of those that were chosen thereto before: it was perceiued that they had sought to inrich themselues, & had doone little to the aduancement of the kings honor, or state of the common-wealth, but rather emptied the kings cofers.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 In this parlement also, the lord Richard Scrope gaue ouer the office of chancellor,The archbi|shop of Can|turburie made lord chancel|lour. and Simon Sud|burie archbishop of Canturburie tooke it vpon him. ¶ In this parlement was granted a tenth by the cleargie, and a fifteenth by the laitie, with condition that from hencefoorth, to wit, from the kalends of March, to the feast of S. Michaell, which then should be in the yeare 1381, there should be no more parle|ments, but this condition was not performed, as af|ter appeared. In the octaues of Easter, the lord Ua|leran earle of saint Paule married the kings halfe sister,The kings halfe sister married the earle of saint Paule. the ladie Ione de Courtnie: the solemnizati|on of this marriage was holden at Windsore, with great triumphing. ¶ The princesse that was mother to the bride, was greatlie against the marriage, but the bride hir selfe had such a liking to the earle, that the king was contented that they should match togi|ther, and set him free of his ransome which he should haue paid, for that he had béene taken prisoner in the marches of Calis, and further, gaue with his sister by waie of endowment, the towneship and manour of Bie [...]léet.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 On the seuenth of Iune,A comb [...] [...]twixt [...] A [...] Thoma [...] [...]tring [...]. a combat was fought afore the kings palace at Westminster, on the pauement there, betwixt one sir Iohn Anneslie knight, and one Thomas Katrington esquier: the occasion of which strange and notable triall rose hereof. The knight ac|cused the esquier of treason, for that where the for|tresse of saint Sauiour within the Ile of Constan|tine in Normandie, belonging som [...]time to sir Iohn Chandois, had béene committed to the said Katring|ton, as capteine the [...] [...]o keepe it against the eni|mies, he had for [...] and deliuered it ouer to the Frenchmen, where he was sufficientlie proui|ded of men, munition and vittels, to haue defended it against them; and sith the inheritance of that fortresse and landes belonging thereto, had apperteined to the said Anneslie in right of his wife, as neerest cousine by affinitie vnto sir Iohn Chandois, if by the false conueiance of the said Katrington, it had not béene made awaie, and alienated into the enimies hands: he offered therefore to trie the quarrell by combat, a|gainst the said Katrington, whervpon was the same Katrington apprehended, and put in prison, but short|lie after set at libertie againe.