Hauing thus described the place where the iusts should be kept, with the rewards, and other circum|stances; he toucheth the countries from whence the forren nobilitie came, that should vndertake triall of chiualrie with these foure and twentie challen|gers: who at the daie appointed (saith he) came pran|sing out of the Towre vpon their great b [...]rded hors|ses through the broad stréets, and their ladies of honor with them gorgiouslie decked with bracelets, ow|ches, cheines, iewels, spangles, and verie sumptuous attire: a goodlie sight for the people to behold. At last, when they were come to Smithfield, and althings readie, the trumpets sounded to the exercise; and both parties, as well the English as the outlandish cheua|liers ran togither, and tried their strengths till they did sweat and were tired, their horsses panting and braieng with the violence of their bodilie motion; their staues being crasht in sunder, flue vp into the aire, and the broken stocke or stumpe hitting the ad|uersarie ouerthrew him to the ground: the behold|ers with ioy of heart gaue a shout thereat, as great|lie delighted with the sight. Then came the night and brake off the first daies tornement. On the next daie when they should renew and fall afresh vnto it a|gaine, they shewed themselues in courage equall to their ancestors, and handled their matters so well, that they got them great renowme. The third daie came, and the multitude of people still gathered togi|ther woondered at the right valiant deeds of the valo|rous horssemen, how they did tosse, hoisse vp, and wind their speares, and with what force they vsed their armes, what courage appeared in their statelie horsses, and how the verie heauens rang with the ratling of their armor, and the strokes giuen to and fro. Euerie daie brought with it his portion of plea|sure, both to the contenders, and to the beholders. When the time was expired of this tried chiualrie, necessarie occasion mooued the king of England to set his mind on other matters, so that commending the prowesse of the outlandish lords, he bestowed vp|on them massie cheines of gold, & loding them with other gifts of great valure, dismissed them into their countries. But the English challengers requi|red nothing but renowme for their reward, being allured onelie with the loue of praise; and thus when these pastimes of chiualrie were quite ended, euerie man got him home to his owne house. Thus farre Christopher Okland, touching the description of this Hippomachia ludicra inter concertatores Anglos & ex|ternos.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Ambassadors were sent from the French king, vnto the king of England, to make an ouerture of peace to be had, Thom. Wals. Ambassadors from the French king for a perpe|tuall peace. Froissard. and to indure for euer betwixt the two realmes of England and France, sith that by warre it was apparant inough, that neither realme, could greatlie benefit it selfe, but rather sore inda|mage either other, as afore time it had come appa|rantlie to passe. Therefore the matter being well considered, both parts séemed well affected towards some good conclusion by treatie to be had of a full and perfect peace. About the same time, by the king with the aduise of his councell, proclamation was made and published at London, that all beneficed men a|biding in the court of Rome,A proclamati [...] that all Eng|lish benefited men in Rome should return into Engla [...] being Englishmen borne, should returne home into England before the feast of S. Nicholas, vnder paine to forfeit all their benefices; and such as were not beneficed, vnder a paine likewise limited. The Englishmen hearing such a thunder clap a farre off, fearing the blow, left the popes court, and returned into their natiue soile.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The pope troubled with such a rumbling noise,The pope s [...]deth his nu [...]|cio to king Richard. sent in all hast as abbat as his nuncio vnto the king of England, as well to vnderstand the causes of this proclamation, as of statutes deuised and made latelie in parlement against those that prouided themselues of benefices in the court of Rome by the popes buls, which séemed not a little preiudiciall to the church of Rome: in consideration whereof the said nuncio re|quired that the same statutes might be repealed and abolished, so farre as they tended to the derogation of the church liberties: but if the same statutes were not abolished, the pope might not (said his nuncio) with a safe con [...]ience otherwise doo than procéed a|gainst them that made those statutes, in such order as EEBO page image 475 the canons did appoint. Moreouer the said nuncio de|clared to the king certeine dangerous practises be|twixt the antipape and the French king, as to make the duke of Touraine the French kings brother king of Tuscane and Lombardie, and to establish the duke of Aniou in the kingdome of Sicile.