Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 These words thus vttered by the bishop of Wor|cester, all the bishops returned togither,The protesta|tion of the bi|shops to the king. and com|ming before the kings presence, boldlie confessed that they had receiued Anselmes letters, and would not doo any thing contrarie to the tenour of the same. Whereat the earle of Mellent shooke the head, as though he ment to accuse them of contempt towards the king. But the king himselfe vttered his mind, and said, that whatsoeuer other men thought of the matter, he suerlie was of the like mind with the bi|shops, & would be loth to run in danger of Anselms cursse. Wherefore it was determined, that the elect of Yorke should either acknowledge his subiection to the church of Canturburie, or else forgo his digni|tie of archbishop: wherevpon in the end he came to London, and there vpon the 28. daie of Maie was consecrated by Richard bishop of London, as deane to the sée of Canturburie. Then hauing the professi|on or protestation of his subiection to the sée of Can|turburie deliuered him vnder seale, he brake vp the same, and read the writing in maner and forme fol|lowing:

Ego Thomas Eboracensis ecclesiae consecrandus metropolita|nus, The tenour of the professi|on which the archishop of Yorke made vnto the arch|bishop of Can|turburie. profiteor subiectionem & canonicam obedientiam sanctae Dorobernensiecclesiae, & eiusdem ecclesiae primati canonicè e|lecto & consecrato, & successoribus suis canonicè inthroniza|tis, salua fidelitate domini mei Henrici regis Anglorum, & salua obedientia ex parte mea tenenda, quam Thomas ante|cessor meus sanctae Romanae ecclesiae ex' parte sua professus est:

I Thomas to be consecrated metropolitane arch|bishop of Yorke, professe my subiection and canoni|call obedience vnto the holie church of Canturburie, and to the primate of the same church canonicallie elected and consecrated, and to his successours cano|nicallie inthronized, sauing the faith which I owe vnto my souereigne lord Henrie king of the Eng|lish, and sauing the obedience to be holden of my part, which Thomas my predecessour professed on his behalfe vnto the holie church of Rome.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When this writing was read, the bishop of Lon|don tooke it, and deliuered it vnto the prior of Can|turburie, appointing him to kéepe the same as a te|stimoniall for the time to come. Thus was Thomas the archbishop of Yorke consecrated, being the 27. in number that had gouerned that sée, who when he was consecrated, the popes Legate went vnto Yorke, and there deliuered to the same archbishop the pall, wherewith when he was inuested, he departed and returned to Rome, as he was appointed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the feast of Christmasse next insuing, the king held his court at London with great solemnitie. The archbishop of Yorke prepared to haue set the crowne on the kings head, and to haue soong masse afore him, EEBO page image 37 bicause the archbishops see at Canturburie was void. But the bishop of London would not suffer it, claiming as high deane to the sée of Canturburie to execute that office,Strife be|twixt bishops. and so did, leading the king to the church after the maner. Howbeit when they should come to sit downe at dinner, there kindled a strife betwixt the said two bishops about their places, bi|cause the bishop of London, for that he had beene or|deined long before the archbishop, and therefore not onelie as deane to the see of Canturburie, but also by reason of prioritie, pretended to haue the vpper seat. But the king perceiuing their maner, would not heare them, but commanded them out of his house, and get them to dinner at their innes.