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Compare 1577 edition: 1 After that the foresaid iudgement was declared with protestation by sir William Thirning iustice,The earle of Salisburie his request. the earle of Salisburie came and made request, that he might haue his protestation entered against the lord Morlie, which lord Morlie rising vp from his seat, said, that so he might not haue; bicause in his first answer he made no protestation, and therefore he was past it now. The earle praied day of aduisement, but the lord Morlie praied that he might lose his ad|uantage, sith he had not entered sufficient plee a|gainst him. Then sir Matthew Gournie sitting vn|derneath the king said to the earle of Salisburie,Sir Mathew Gournie. that Forsomuch as at the first day in your answers, ye made no protestation at all, none is entered of re|cord, and so you are past that aduantage: and there|fore asked him if he would saie any other thing. Then the earle desired that he might put in mainprise,The earle of Salisburie mainprised. which was granted: and so the earle of Kent, sir Rafe Ferrers, sir Iohn Roch, & sir Iohn Draiton knights, mainprised the said earle bodie for bodie. For the lord Morlie all the lords and barons offred to vndertake, and to be suerties for him; but yet foure of them had their names entered, that is to saie,The lord Morlie main|prised. the lords Wil|loughbie, Beauchampe, Scales, and Berkelie: they had day till the fridaie after to make their libell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After this came the lord Fitzwater, and praied to haue day and place to arreigne his appeale against the earle of Rutland.The lord Fitzwalter. The king said he would send for the duke of Norffolke to returne home, and then vpon his returne he said he would proceed in that matter. Manie statutes were established in this par|lement, as well concerning the whole bodie of the EEBO page image 514 common-wealth (as by the booke thereof imprinted may appeare) as also concerning diuerse priuate per|sons then presentlie liuing, which partlie we haue touched, and partlie for doubt to be ouer-tedious, we doo omit. But this among other is not to be forgotten that the archbishop of Canturburie was not onelie restored to his former dignitie,The archb. of Cantur|burie resto|red to his sée. being remooued from it by king Richard, who had procured one Roger Walden to be placed therein (as before ye haue heard) but also the said Walden was established bi|shop of London, wherewith he séemed well content.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thom. Wals. Hall. Moreouer, the kings eldest sonne Henrie alreadie created (as heire to his father, and to the crowne) prince of Wales, duke of Cornewall, and earle of Chester, was also intituled duke of Aquitaine: and to auoid all titles, claimes, and ambiguities, there was an act made for the vniting of the crowne vnto king Henrie the fourth,The crowne intailed. and to the heires of his bodie lawfullie begotten, his foure sonnes, Henrie, Tho|mas, Iohn, and Humfrie, being named, as to whom the right should descend successiuelie by waie of in|taile, in case where heires failed to any of them. By force of this act king Henrie thought himselfe firme|lie set on a sure foundation, not néeding to feare any storme of aduerse fortune. But yet shortlie after he was put in danger to haue béene set besides the seat, by a conspiracie begun in the abbat of Westmin|sters house, which, had it not béene hindred, it is doubt|full whether the new king should haue inioied his roi|altie, or the old king (now a prisoner) restored to his principalitie. But God (of whome the poet saith,

—humana rotat
Instar volucris pulueris acti
Turbine celeri mobilis aurae)
had purposed a disappointment of their coniuration, and therefore no maruell though the issue of their la|bours were infortunat by their flattering hope.

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