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Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time a peace was concluded be|twixt the French king, and this duke Henrie:A peace con|cluded be|twixt the French king and duke Henrie. Matth. West. the king restoring vnto the duke the townes of New|march and Uernon, which he had before taken from him, and the duke giuing to the king 20000. markes of siluer, for the harmes doone by him, within the realme of France.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to returne vnto king Stephan. Yee shall vnderstand, that within a while after he had made his foresaid progresse almost about the whole realme, he returned vnto London, where he called a parlement as well to consult of matters touching the state of the commonwealth, as to furnish the see of Yorke with a sufficient archbishop. Wil. Paru. Roger Arch|decon of Can|turburie made archbishop of yorke. Wherevpon one Roger that was before archdeacon of Canturburie, was chosen to that dignitie, and consecrated the tenth day of October, by archbishop Theobald, as legat to the pope, and not as archbishop of Canturburie. Then also was Thomas Becket made archdeacon of Can|turburie by the said Theobald.Thomas Becket arch|deacon of Canturburie. The new archbishop Roger first went to his see at Yorke, where after he had receiued his inthronization, and set his businesse there in order, he tooke his iournie towards Rome to fetch his pall in his owne person.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 King Stephan also after the end of the parlement went to Douer,The earle of Flanders. there to meet the earle of Flan|ders, who came thither to talke with him of certeine businesse. The earle was no sooner returned backe, but the king fell sicke, and was so gréeuouslie tor|mented with a paine in his bellie, and with an old dis|ease also,King Ste|phan depar|ted this life. wherewith (as should appeare) he had beene often troubled, namelie, the emrods, that finallie he died in the abbey on the fiue and twentith day of Oc|tober, in the nine and fortith yeare of his age, and af|ter he had reigned eighteene yeares, ten moneths, and od daies, in the yeare after the birth of our Saui|our 1154. Matth. Paris. N. Triuet. His bodie was interred in the abbeie of Feuersham in Kent, which he had builded, where his wife also, and his sonne Eustace were buried before. ¶ Thus farre of the acts and deeds of Stephan; now a little of other breefe remembrances, and first tou|ching the profopographie or description of his per|son.

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