Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Prince sore offended with such persons, as by slanderous reports, sought not onelie to spot his good name abrode in the realme, but to sowe discord also betwixt him and his father, wrote his letters in|to euerie part of the realme, to reprooue all such slan|derous deuises of those that sought his discredit. And to cleare himselfe the better, that the world might vnderstand what wrong he had to be slandered in such wise: about the feast of Peter and Paule, to wit,The prince goeth to the court with a great traine. the nine and twentith daie of Iune, he came to the court with such a number of noble men and other his freends that wished him well, as the like traine had béene sildome seene repairing to the court at any one time in those daies. He was apparelled in a gowne of blew satten,His strange apparell. full of small oilet holes, at e|uerie hole the néedle hanging by a silke thred with which it was sewed. About his arme he ware an hounds collar set full of SS of gold, and the tirets likewise being of the same metall.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The court was then at Westminster, where he being entred into the hall, not one of his companie durst once aduance himselfe further than the fire in the same hall, notwithstanding they were earnestlie requested by the lords to come higher: but they re|garding what they had in commandement of the prince, would not presume to doo in any thing contra|rie therevnto. He himselfe onelie accompanied with those of the kings house, was streight admitted to the presence of the king his father, who being at that time gréeuouslie diseased, yet caused himselfe in his chaire to be borne into his priuie chamber, where in the presence of thrée or foure persons, in whome he had most confidence,The prince cõmeth to the kings presẽce. he commanded the prince to shew what he had to saie concerning the cause of his comming.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 His words to his father.The prince knéeling downe before his father said:

Most redoubted and souereigne lord and father, I am at this time come to your presence as your liege man, and as your naturall sonne, in all things to be at your commandement. And where I vnderstand you haue in suspicion my demeanour against your grace, you know verie well, that if I knew any man within this realme, of whome you should stand in feare, my duetie were to punish that person, thereby to remooue that greefe from your heart. Then how much more ought I to suffer death, to ease your grace of that gréefe which you haue of me, being your natu|rall sonne and liege man: and to that end I haue this daie made my selfe readie by confession and re|ceiuing of the sacrament. And therefore I beseech you most redoubted lord and deare father, for the ho|nour of God, to ease your heart of all such suspicion as you haue of me, and to dispatch me héere before your knees, with this same dagger [and withall he deliuered vnto the king his dagger, in all humble re|uerence; adding further, that his life was not so deare to him, that he wished to liue one daie with his displeasure] and therefore in thus ridding me out of life, and your selfe from all suspicion, here in presence of these lords, and before God at the daie of the gene|rall iudgement, I faithfullie protest clearlie to for|giue you.