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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The same yeare, the king being at Waltham, as|signed an aid to the maintenance of the christian souldiers in the holie land, that is to wit, Matt. Paris. 42. thousand marks of siluer, and fiue hundred marks of gold. Hugh Bosun otherwise called Keuelocke the sonne of Ranulfe the second of that name earle of Chester, died this yeare, and was buried at Léeke.The dec [...]sse of Hugh earle of Chester. Ran. Higd. He left be|hind him issue by his wife the countesse Beatrice daughter of Richard Lacie lord iustice of England, a sonne named Ranulfe, who succéeded him, being the first erle of Chester, & third of that name after the conquest. Besides this Ranulfe he had foure daugh|ters by his said wife; to wit, Maud married to Da|uid earle of Angus, Huntington and Galloway; Ma|bell coupled with William Daubignie earle of A|rundell, Agnes married to William Ferrers earle of Derbie, and Hauise ioined with Robert Quincie earle of Lincolne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The 21. of Nouember, Roger archbishop of Yorke died,The archbish. of Yorke de|ceasseth. who (when he perceiued himselfe in danger of death by force of that his last sicknesse) deliuered great summes of monie vnto certeine bishops and other graue personages to be distributed amongst poore people: but after his death, the king called for the monie, and seized it to his vse, alleadging a sen|tence giuen by the same archbishop in his life time, that no ecclesiasticall person might giue any thing by will, except he deuised the same whilest he was in perfect health: yet the bishop of Durham would not depart with foure hundred marks which he had recei|ued to distribute amongst the poore, alledging that he dealt the same awaie before the archbishops death, and therefore he that would haue it againe, must go gather it vp of them to whom he had distributed it, which he himselfe would in no wise doo. But the king tooke no small displeasure with this vndiscréet an|swer, insomuch that he seized the castell of Durham into his hands, and sought means to disquiet the said bishop by diuerse maner of waies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king held his Christmasse this yeare at Win|chester, and afterwards sailed ouer into Normandie, bicause he heard that the king his sonne was gone to his brother in law king Philip,The k. passeth ouer into Normandie. and began to prac|tise eftsoones new trouble, which was true indéed: but yet at length he came backe,The K. & his sonne eftsoons reconciled. and was reconciled to his father, and tooke an oth, that from thenceforth he would neuer swarue from him, nor demand more for his maintenance but an hundred pounds Anio|nin by the daie, and ten pounds a day of the same mo|nie for his wife. His father granted this, and also co|uenanted, that within the tearme of one yeare he would giue him the seruices of an hundred knights. Neuerthelesse all this did little amend the matter, for though he set a new copie of countenance there|vpon, yet he reteined his old peruerse purpose in his discontented mind, hauing learned that

Qui nescit fingere nescit regere.
After this, king Henrie the father as a mediator be|twixt the king of France, and the earle of Flanders touching controuersies betwixt them did so much in the matter, that he set them at one for that time.

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