Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the same time, at the speciall instance of the king, in a conuocation of the cleargie holden at Paules in London, it was ordeined, that saint Ge|orge his daie should be celebrate and kept as a dou|ble feast.S. Georges day made a double feast. The archbishop of Canturburie meant to haue honored saint Dunstanes daie with like reue|rence, but it tooke not effect. When the king had set|led things much to his purpose, he caused the bodie of EEBO page image 544 king Richard to be remooued with all funerall digni|tie conuenient for his estate, from Langlie to West|minster, where he was honorablie interred with quéene Anne his first wife, in a solemne toome erec|ted and set vp at the charges of this king. Abr. [...]l. out Polychron. ¶ Poly|chronicon saith, that after the bodie of the dead king was taken vp out of the earth, this new king (happi|lie tendering the magnificence of a prince, and abhor|ring obscure buriall) caused the same to be conueied to Westminster in a roiall seat (or chaire of estate) couered all ouer with blacke veluet, & adorned with banners of diuers armes round about. All the horsses likewise (saith this author) were apparelled with blacke, and bare sundrie sutes of armes. Manie other solemnities were had at his interrement, according to the qualitie of the age wherein he liued and died.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Also in this first yéere of this kings reigne, sir Iohn Oldcastell, which by his wife was called lord Cob|ham, a valiant capteine and a hardie gentleman, was accused to the archbishop of Canturburie of certeine points of heresie, who knowing him to be highlie in the kings fauour, declared to his highnesse the whole accusation. The king first hauing compas|sion of the noble man, required the prelats, that if he were a straied shéepe, rather by gentlenes than by ri|gor to reduce him to the fold. And after this, he him|selfe sent for him, and right earnestlie exhorted him, and louinglie admonished him to reconcile himselfe to God and to his lawes. The lord Cobham not one|lie thanked him for his most fauourable clemencie, but also declared first to him by mouth, and after|wards by writing, the foundation of his faith, and the ground of his beliefe, affirming his grace to be his supreme head and competent iudge, and none other person, offering an hundred knights and esquiers to come to his purgation, or else to fight in open lists in defense of his iust cause.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king vnderstanding and persuaded by his councell, that by order of the lawes of his realme, such accusations touching matters of faith ought to be tried by his spirituall prelats, sent him to the Tower of London, there to abide the determinati|on of the clergie, according to the statutes in that case prouided, after which time a solemne session was appointed in the cathedrall church of saint Paule, vp|on the thrée and twentith day of September, and an other the fiue and twentith daie of the same moneth, in the hall of the Blacke friers at London, in which places the said lord was examined, apposed, and ful|lie heard, and in conclusion by the archbishop of Can|turburie denounced an heretike, & remitted againe to the Tower of London,Sir Iohn Oldcastell escaped out of y^e Tower. from which place, either by helpe of fréends, or fauour of kéepers, he priuilie esca|ped and came into Wales, where he remained for a season.