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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this meane time king Henrie being aduerti|sed of the death of Philip king of France, Polydor. Philip king of Fran. dead. and not knowing what his sonne Lewes, surnamed Crassus might happilie attempt in his new preferment to the crowne, sailed ouer into Normandie,Lewis le gros K. of France. to see the coun|trie in good order, and the townes, castels, and fortres|ses furnished accordinglie as the doubtfull time re|quired. Now after he had finished his businesse on that side, he returned into England, where he met with ambassadours sent to him from the emperour Henrie. The effect of whose m [...]ssage was, to require EEBO page image 35 his daughter Maud in mariage vnto the said em|perour,Ambassadors from the em|perour. wherevnto (though she was not then past fiue yeares of age) he willinglie consented, and shewing to the ambassadours great signes of loue, he caused the espousals by waie of procuration to be solemni|zed with great feasts and triumphs.Maud the kings daugh|ter fianced vnto the em|perour. This being en|ded, he suffered the ambassadors honored with great gifts and princelie rewards to depart.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About this time Gerard archbishop of Yorke died, whom one Thomas the kings chapleine succeeded, Eadmerus. The death of Gerard arch|bish. of Yo [...]ke. Thom [...]s the kings chap|leine succéeded in that sée. who for lacke of monie to furnish his iournie, and for other causes (as in his letters of excuse, which he wrot to Anselme it dooth appeere) could not come to Can|turburie for to be consecrated of him in so short a time as was conuenient. But Anselme at length admonished him by letters, that without delaie he should dispatch and come to be consecrated. And wheras Anselme vnderstood that the same Thomas was purposed to send vnto Rome for his pall,The doubt of Anselme. he doubted, least if the pope should confirme him in his seey by sending to him his pall, he would happilie re|fuse to make vnto him profession of his due obedi|ence.Anselme wri|teth to the Pope. Wherefore to preuent that matter, Anselme wrote to pope Paschall, requiring him in no wise to send vnto the nominated archbishop of Yorke his pall, till he had (according to the ancient customes) made profession to him of subiection, least some trou|blesome contentions might thereof arise, to the no small disquieting of the English church. He also ad|uertised pope Paschall, that bicause he permitted the emperour to inuest bishops, and did not therefore ex|communicate him, king Henrie threatened, that without doubt he would resume the inuestitures in|to his hands, thinking to hold them in quiet as well as he; and therefore be sought him to consider what his wisedome had to doo therein with spéed, least that building which he had well erected, should vtterlie de|caie, & fall againe into irrecouerable ruine. For K. Henrie maketh diligentlie inquirie (saith he) what order you take with the emperour.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The popes answer to Anselme.The pope receiuing and perusing these letters, wrote againe vnto Anselme a verie freendlie an|swer concerning the archbishop of Yorke. And as for suffering of the emperour to haue the inuesti|tures, he signified to him that he neither did nor would suffer him to haue them: but that hauing borne with him for a time, he now ment verie short|lie to cause him to feele the weight of the spirituall sword of S. Peter, which alreadie he had drawen out of the scaberd, therewith to strike if he did not the soo|ner forsake his horrible errour & naughtie opinion.

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