Compare 1577 edition: 1 At length after these and such words, the knights turning them to the moonks,The knights command the moonks to sée the archbishop kept safe. said:

In the behalfe of our souereigne lord the king, we command you, that in any wise ye keepe this man safe, and present him to the king when it shall please his grace to send for him.

Doo ye thinke that I will runaway? I came not to run away, but looke for the outrage and malice of wicked men. Truelie (said they) you shall not runne away, and herewith went out with noise and threatnings. Then maister Iohn of Salisburie his chancellor said vnto him:Iohn de Sa|lisburie the archb. Bec|kets chan|cellor. My lord, this is a woonderfull matter that you will take no mans counsell: had it not beene méet to haue giuen them a more méeke and gentle answer? But the arch|bishop said: Surelie I haue alreadie taken all the counsell that I will take,The archbi|shops resolu|tion. I know what I ought to doo. Then said Salisburie, I pray God it may be good. Now the knights departing out of the place, and go|ing about to put on their armour, certeine came to the archbishop,The knights put on their armor. & said; My lord, they arme themselues. What forceth it? said he, let them arme themselues.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now when they were armed, and manie other a|bout them, they entred into the archbishops palace. Those that were about the archbishop cried vpon him to flée, but he sat still and would not once remooue, till the moonks brought him euen by force & against his will into the churth. The comming of the armed men being knowne,The moonks with force bring the arch+bishop into the church. some of the moonks continued singing of euensong, and some sought places where to hide themselues, other came to the archbishop, who was loth to haue entred into the church, and when he was within, he would not yet suffer them to make fast the doores, so that there was a great stur among them, but cheeflie when they perceiued that the armed men went about to séeke for the archbishop, by meane whereof their euensong was left vnfinished.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 At length the knights with their seruants hauing sought the palace, came rushing into the church by the cloister doore with their swords drawne,The knights enter the church. As though archbishops can be no traitors. some of them asking for the traitor, and some of them for the archbi|shop, who came and met them, saieng; Here am I, no traitor, but the archbishop. The formost of the knights said vnto him:

Flee, thou art but dead. To whome the archbishop said, I will not flée. The knight s [...]ept to him taking him by the sléeue, and with his sword cast his cap besides his head, and said, Come hither, for thou art a prisoner. I will not (said the arch|bishop) doo with me here what thou wilt: and plucked his sleeue with a mightie strength out of the knights hand. Wherewith the knight stepped backe two or thrée paces. Then the archbishop turning to one of the knights, said to him, What meaneth this,The courage of the archb. Reig|nold? I haue doone vnto thée manie great pleasures, and commest thou now vnto me into the church ar|med? Unto whome the knight presentlie answered and said; Thou shalt know anon what is ment, thou art but dead: it is not possible for thee any longer to liue. Unto whom the archbishop answered: I am readie to die for my God, and for the defense of his iustice and the libertie of the church; gladlie doo I im|brace death, so that the church may purchase peace and libertie by the shedding of my blood.