Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the feast of saint Iohn Baptist, at the kings commandement,The earle of Northumber|land cõmeth to the king. the earle of Northumberland came to Pomfret, and brought with him his nephues, and his nephues sonnes, whereby he cleared himselfe of a great deale of suspicion, manie doubting before his comming that he had giuen euill counsell to the yoong men, whereby to mooue them to rebellion, and to withstand the king. Sir William Clifford also came with the earle,Sir William Clifford brin|geth Serlo to the king. and brought the foresaid Serlo with him, whom he had apprehended vpon his com|ming to him at Berwike, in hope to haue found suc|cour at his hands: in consideration whereof the king pardoned the said sir William Clifford of his disobe|dience shewed, in keeping the castell of Berwike a|gainst him, in which dooing he had committed mani|fest treason.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This Serlo being knowen to be the man that had béene the chiefe murtherer of the duke of Glocester,Serlo exami|ned for the duke of Glo|cesters death. when he was made awaie at Calis, was diligentlie examined, who were helpers with him in the executi|on thereof, and after what sort they made him awaie: Serlo knowing there was no waie with him but death, would not vtter any other, but confessed for his owne part, he was worthie for that wicked déed to die ten thousand deaths, and shewed such outward appearance of repentance, that manie sore lamented his case, and promised to hire priests to sing masses, (as the maner was) for his soule, of their owne costs and charges. He was condemned to die at Pomfret, and was drawen from thence through euerie good towne,He is drawen through euery good towne. He is execu|ted at Lõdon. through which those that had the conueiance of him passed with him till they came to London, where he was executed, confessing euerie thing to be true concerning his wicked pretense, as before is re|cited: and further, that when he perceiued how their counterfeit practise would come to light and he open|lie reuealed, he meant to haue returned into France, but wanting monie, he thought to haue béene relie|ued with some portion at the hand of the said sir Wil|liam Clifford, and this caused him to come vnto Ber|wike, to shew him his necessitie, who to make his owne peace, did apprehend him, and present him to the king, as before ye haue heard.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 King Henrie wanting monie in the feast of saint Faith the virgine, Anno Reg. 6. assembled at Couentrie his high EEBO page image 526 court of parlement, in the which, the lord Stephan Scroope of Masham, and the lord Henrie Fitz Hugh obteined first to haue places of barons. Moreouer, it is to be noted,The l [...]ymens parlement. that this was called The laie mans parlement, bicause the shiriffes were appointed to haue a speciall regard, that none should be chosen knights for the counties, nor burgesses for the cities and townes, that had any skill in the lawes of the land. This was doone, and when they came togither to talke of the weightie affaires of the realme, spe|ciallie how the king might be relieued with monie, to beare such charges as he was knowen to be at, as well in defending the realme from the Scots and Welshmen at home, as from the Britains, Fle|mings, and Frenchmen abroad, it was thought most expedient,Strife be|twixt the lai|tie and spiri|tualtie. that the spiritualtie should be depriued of their temporall possessions, to the reliefe of the kings necessitie. Herevpon rose great altercation betwixt the cleargie and the laitie; the knights affirming, that they had oftentimes serued the king, not onelie with their goods, but also with their persons in great dangers and ieopardies, whilest the spiritualtie sat at home,The archbi|shop of Can|turburie an|swereth for his brethren. and holp the king nothing at all. Thomas A|rundell archbishop of Canturburie stoutlie answe|red herevnto, that the cleargie had alwaie giuen to the king as much as the laitie had doone, conside|ring they had oftener giuen their tenths to him than the laitie their fiftéens: also, that more of their te|nants went forth into the kings warres, than the tenants of them of the laie fée: beside this, they prai|ed day and night for the kings good successe against his enimies.