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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now when the councell at Rhemes was ended, archbishop Theobald returned into England, and comming to Canturburie, was receiued with great ho [...]or of the couent and citizens there. But the king remaining then at London, when he heard of it, was sore displeased, and came with great spéed vnto Can|turburie, where much conference being had betwixt him and the archbishop (although to small purpose) for the bringing of them to an agréement, at length the king compelled the archbishop to depart the realme. Wherevpon, after a few daies respit, he went to Douer, where he tooke ship and sailed into France. But within a while he was called backe by the quéene and William of Ypres, vnto S. Omers, that they might the sooner aduertise him of the kings mind and pleasure. Here he consecrated Gilbert the elect bishop of Hereford, the fift daie of Septem|ber, Theodoric bishop of Amiens and Nicholas bi|shop of Cambre assisting him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this, when by sending of messengers to and fro, aswell bishops, abbats, and other, both spirituall persons and temporall, there could no agréement be made, he directed his letter to certeine churches here in England, pronouncing by a certeine day, namelie the twelfe day of September, a sentence of inter|diction to be obserued through the relme. The monks of Canturburie sore offended herewith, before the prefixed day of this sentence to be put in vre, sent two moonkes of their owne house, Nigell and Absolon, vnto the pope: whose errand when the pope had vn|derstood, he commanded them to returne home, and to obeie their archbishops sentence in all things.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane time the archbishops men and te|nants were sore oppressed, and his rents and reue|nues seized to the kings vse, yea euen before the daies of paiment. Which maner of proceeding sore gréeued the archbishop: in so much that departing from S. Omers, he came to Graueling, and there ta|king the sea, crossed ouer to a towne called Goseford that belonged vnto Hugh Bigot erle of Northfolke: which earle receiued him with great honour, and sent him all necessarie prouision, so long as he remained in his countrie. At the terme appointed, he interdic|ted all the kings dominions, and would not reuoke the sentence, till Robert bishop of London, Hilarie bishop of Chichester, and William bishop of Nor|wich, with manie other Noblemen, came to him vn|to Framelingham in Northfolke, a castell appertei|ning to the said earle, where at length an attonment was concluded betwixt him and the king: wherevp|on he was brought home vnto Canturburie with great ioy and honor.

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