12.1. The publication of king Ri|chards deposing.
The publication of king Ri|chards deposing.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 _IN the name of God Amen. We Iohn bishop of S. Asaph, Iohn abbat of Glastenburie, Thomas earle of Glocester, Thomas lord Berkeleie, William Thirning iustice, Thomas Erpingham & Thomas Graie knights, chosen and deputed speciall com|missaries by the three states of this present parlement, representing the whole bodie of the realme, for all such ma [...]ers by the said estates to vs committed: we vnderstand|ing and considering the manifold crimes, hurts, and harmes doone by Richard king of England, and misgouernance of the same by a long time, to the great decaie of the said land, and vtter ruine of the same shortlie to haue beene, had not the speciall grace of our God therevnto put the sooner remedie: and also furthermore aduerting, that the said king Richard by acknowledg|ing his owne insufficiencie, hath of his owne meere voluntee and free will, renoun|ced and giuen ouer the rule & gouernance of this land, with all rights and honours vnto the same belonging, and vtterlie for his merits hath iudged himselfe not vn|woorthilie to be deposed of all kinglie maie|stie and estate roiall. We the premisses well considering by good and diligent deli|beration, by the power, name, and autho|ritie to vs (as aboue is said) committed, pronounce, decerne, and declare the same king Richard, before this to haue beene, and to be vnprofitable, vnable, vnsufficient, and vnwoorthie of the rule and gouernance of the foresaid realms and lordships, and of all rights and other the appurtenances to the same belonging. And for the same cau|ses we depriue him of all kinglie dignitie and worship, and of any kinglie worship in himselfe. And we depose him by our sen|tence definitiue, forbidding expresselie to all archbishops, and bishops, and all other prelats, dukes, marquesses, erles, barons and knights, and all other men of the fore|said kingdome and lordships, subiects, and lieges whatsoeuer they be, that none of them from this daie forward, to the fore|said Richard as king and lord of the fore|said realmes and lordships, be neither obe|dient nor attendant.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After which sentence thus openlie declared, the said estates admitted foorthwith the forenamed commis|sioners for their procurators, to resigne and yeeld vp vnto king Richard, all their homage and fealtie, which in times past they had made and owght vnto him, and also for to declare vnto him (if need were) all things before doone that concerned the purpose and cause of his deposing: the which resignation was respited till the morow following. Immediatlie as the sentence was in this wise passed, and that by rea|son thereof the realme stood void without head or go|uernour for the time, the duke of Lancaster rising from the place where before he sate, and standing where all those in the house might behold him, in re|uerend manner made a signe of the crosse on his for|head, and likewise on his brest, and after silence by an officer commanded, said vnto the people there be|ing present, these words following.
12.1. The duke of Lancaster laieth challenge or claime to the crowne.
The duke of Lancaster laieth challenge or claime to the crowne.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 _IN the name of the Father, and of the Sonne, & of the Holie-ghost. I Henrie of Lancaster claime the realme of England and the crowne, with all the appurtenancesī as I that am descended by right line of the blood comming from that good lord king Henrie the third, and through the right that God of his grace hath sent me, with the helpe of my kin, and of my freends, to recouer the same, which was in point to be vndoone for default of good gouernance and due iu|stice.