Compare 1577 edition: 1 The lord Robert Uéer earle of Oxenford,Robert Uéer marquess [...] of Dubline cre|ated duke of Ireland. whome the king in the last parlement had made marquesse of Dubline, was now in this parlement created duke of Ireland: the other lords sore enuieng so high preferment in a man that so little deserued, as they tooke it. For by reason of the kings great affection EEBO page image 452 which he bare not onelie to this noble man, but also to the lord Michaell de la Poole, whom he had latelie created earle of Suffolke, and after aduanced him to the office of lord chancellor (as before ye haue heard) not onelie the lords, but also the commons sore grud|ged at such their high preferrement, in somuch that in this present parlement, the knights & burgesses in the lower house, exhibited a bill against the lord chan|cellor, of diuerse crimes which they laid to his charge, and so vsed the matter, with the helpe of the lords, that in the end in some respect they had their willes against him, contrarie to the kings mind, as after may appeare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 And where the king had demanded a reliefe of mo|nie towards the maintenance of his estate, and char|ges of the warres, it was answered, that he néeded not any tallage of his subiects, sith he might furnish himselfe with such a summe at the hands of the said earle, that was iustlie indebted vnto him therein, as they were able well to prooue. But the king was no|thing herewith contented, conceiuing no small dis|pleasure, aswell against them of the lower house, as against the lords in the vpper, for fauouring them in the lower, in matters that went so sore against his mind. Herevpon (as was said, whether trulie or o|therwise, the lord knoweth) by a conspiracie begun betwixt the king & such as were most in fauour with him, it was deuised, that the duke of Glocester (as principall (and such other lords as fauored the knights and burgesses in their sute, against the earle of Suf|folke, and were otherwise against the king in his de|mand of monie, should be willed to a supper in Lon|don, there to be murthered.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But the duke comming by some meanes to vnder|stand of this wicked practise, had no desire to take part of that supper, where such sharpe sauce was proui|ded and withall gaue warning to the residue, that they likewise should not come there, but to content themselues with their owne suppers at their lodg|ings. It was said, that sir Nicholas Brember, who had béene maior the yeare before, had promised his as|sistance in the execution of this horrible fact: but tho|rough the commendable constancie of Richard Ex|ton that was maior this yeare, being mooued by the king for his furtherance therein,Richard Ex|ton iustlie cõ|mended. and denieng flatlie to consent to the death of such innocent persons, that heinous practise was omitted. This matter being brought to light, the hatred and malice which men bare to such councellors of the king greatlie increa|sed, and the duke of Glocester and such as withstood the king, dailie grew more and more into the peo|ples fauour.