Compare 1577 edition: 1 And touching the partie,The king counted it presumption to arrest the burgesse. it was a great presump|tion in him, knowing our seruant to be one of this house, and being warned thereof before, would ne|uerthelesse prosecute this matter out of time, and therevpon was well worthie to haue lost his debt (which I would not wish) and therefore doo commend your equitie, that hauing lost the same by law, haue restored him to the same against him who was his debter. And if it be well considered, what a charge hath it béene to vs and you all, not onelie in expense of our substance, but also in losse of time, which should haue béene imploied about the affaires of our realme, to fit here welnigh one whole fortnight a|bout this one priuat case, he may thinke himselfe better vsed than his desert. And this may be a good example to other to learne good maners, & not to at|tempt anie thing against the priuilege of this court, but to take their time better. This is mine opinion, and if I erre, I must referre my selfe to the iudge|ment of our iustices here present, and other learned in our lawes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Whervpon sir Edw. Montacute lord chiefe iustice,Sir Edward Montacute lord chiefe iustice. verie grauelie told his opinion, cõfirming by diuers reasons all that the king had said, which was assen|ted vnto by all the residue, none speaking to the con|trarie. The act in déed passed not the higher house, for the lords had not time to consider of it, by reason of the dissolution of the parlement, the feast of Easter then approching. Bicause this case hath beene diuer|slie reported, and is commonlie alleged as a presi|dent for the priuilege of the parlement; I haue ende|uored my selfe to learne the truth thereof, and so set EEBO page image 957 it forth with the whole circumstance at large accor|ding to their instructions, who ought best both to know and remember it.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This yeare in Maie the king tooke a lone of mo|nie of all such as were valued at fiftie pounds and vpward in the subsidie bookes. Anno Reg. 34. The lord priuie seale, the bishop of Winchester,A lone. sir Iohn Baker, and sir Thomas Wriothesleie were commissioners about this lone in London, where they so handled the mat|ter, that of some head citizens they obteined a thou|sand markes in prest to the kings vse. They that laid forth anie summe in this wise, had priuie scales for the repaiment thereof within two yeares next insu|ing.Submission of the Irish nobilitie. Diuerse of the Irish nobilitie came this yeere into England, and made their submission to the king as in the Irish chronicle it is more particularlie tou|ched. Also wars fell out betwixt England and Scot|land, the causes whereof (as appeereth by a declarati|on set forth by the king of England at this present) in effect were these. First there were diuerse of the English rebels,The caus [...]s of the wars be|twixt Eng|land & Scot|land. such as had moued the commotion in the north and Lincolneshire, that fled into Scot|land, and were there mainteined: and although re|quest had béene made that they might be deliuered, yet it would not be granted.