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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The two Lacies repenting their miſdemea|nors,They fled into Fraunce. fledde into Fraunce diſguiſed in poore ap|parell, and ſerued there in an Abbey as gardi|ners, vntill the Abbot by their countenaunce and behauiour began to geſſe their eſtates, and appo|ſed them ſo farre, that they diſcloſed what they were, beſeeching the Abbot to keepe their coun|ſels, who commending their repentant humble|neſſe, aduiſed thẽ yet to make ſute for their prin|ces fauor, if it mighte be hadde, promiſing to doe what he could in the matter, and ſo tooke vppon him to bee a ſutor for them vnto the King, that was his godcept and well acquainted with him. He trauelled ſo earneſtly herein, that at length he obteyned their pardons. But yet they were fined, Walter at four thouſand,They are par|doned and put to their fynes. and Hugh at fiue and twentie hundred markes, and herevpon, Walter was reſtored vnto y^e Lordſhip of Meth, & Hugh, to the Earledome of Vlſter.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Iohn appoynted his Lieutenauntes in Ireland, and returning home, ſubdued y^e Welch|men, EEBO page image 44 and ſoone after, with Pandulfus the Le|gate of Pope Innocentius the thirde, who came to releaſſe hym of the cenſure, wherein hee ſtoode excommunicate, to whome as to the Popes Le|gate he made a perſonal ſurrẽder of both Realms in way of ſubmiſſion, and after hee was once aſ|ſoyled, he receyued them againe. Some adde, that he gaue away his kingdomes to y^e Sea of Rome for him and his ſucceſſors, recogniſing to holde the ſame of the Popes in fee, paying yeerely there|fore one thouſand markes, as ſeuen hundred for England,An hundred markes of gold. Blondus. and three hundred for Ireland. Blon|dus ſaith Centum pro vtroque auri marchias. Sir Thomas More (as Campion ſaith) a man both in calling and office, likely to ſound the matter to the depth writeth preciſely, that neither ſuch wri|ting the Pope can ſhew, neyther were it effectuall if he could. How farre forth, and with what limi|tation a Prince maye, or maye not addict hys realm feodarie to an other. Iohn Maior a Scot|tiſh Chronicler, and a Sorboniſt, not vnlearned, partly ſcanneth, who thinketh .300. markes for Ireland no very hard penyworth? The inſtru|mẽt (as Campion thinketh,) which our Engliſhe writers rehearſe, might haply bee mocioned and drawen, and yet not confirmed with any ſeale nor ratifyed:Iohn Bale in his Apologie againſt vowes. but though the copie of this writing remayne in record, yet certaine it is, King Iohns ſucceſſors neuer payed it. After Iohn Comin Archbiſhop of Dublin, & founder of S. Patricks [figure appears here on page 44] Church, ſucce|ded Hẽry Loũ|doris in y^e See, who builded y^e Kings Caſtell there, being lord chiefe Iuſtice of Ireland, him they niknamed (as the Iriſhe doe commonly giue additions to their gouer|nors in reſpecte of ſome fact or quality) Scorch Willein, that is, burne bill, bycauſe hee required to peruſe the writings of his tenantes, colorably pretending to learne the kinde of eache mans ſe|uerall tenure, and brent the ſame before their fa|ces, cauſing them eyther to renue their takings, or to hold at will.