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R. Houed. King Richard passeth ouer in to NormandieOn the fift day of December, he
departed from Canturburie, and went to Douer, there to take wa|ter, and so on the eleuenth day of December
he pas|sed ouer vnto Calice, where he found Philip earle of Flanders readie to receiue him, who attended
vpon him till he came into Normandie, where the king held his Christmas at Burun, and immediatlie he came to
an enteruiew with the French king at Gue S. Remige,
Vadum sancti Remegij.
A league be|twixt ye kings of England and France.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore, about the purification of our ladie, Elianor the quéene mother, and the ladie Alice sister to the French king, R. Houed. Baldwine archbishop of Can|turburie, Iohn bishop of Norwich, Hugh bishop of Durham, Geffrey bishop of Winchester, Reignold bishop of Bath, William Bishop of Elie, Hubert bi|shop of Salisburie, and Hugh bishop of Chester, with Geffrey the elect of Yorke and Iohn earle of Mor|taigne the kings two brethren, by commandement of the king passed ouer into Normandie to commen with him before hi [...] setting forward
Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ Some write, that now at this present, the king should ordeine or rather confirme the bishop of Elie his chancellour to be lord chéefe iustice ouer all Eng|land, and the bishop of Durham to be lord iustice from Trent northwards. But whensoeuer they were thu [...] aduanced to such dignities,Contention betwixt two ambitious bishops. howsoeuer they came by them, directlie or indirectlie, tr [...] it is, that immediatlie therevpon, strife and discord did arise betwixt them: for [...] proud and insolent, they disdained ech other, contending which of them should beare most rule and authoritie insomuch that whatso|euer séemed good to the [...] misliked, as in cases where parteners in authoritie are equall, it of|ten happeneth. The like hereof is noted before betweene the archbishops of Canturburie and Yorke in diuerse kings reignes. For the nature of ambition is to delight in singularitie, to admit no peere, to giue place to no superior, to acknowledge no equall. Hereto alludeth the poet verie neatlie, and exemplifieth it in the old Romans, the order of whose actions is continued at this day, as by the words insuing may be gathered, and ordinarilie obserued, booth here and elsewhere;
– olimRomulidae orabant, iacto post terga pudore,Plebeios, quoties suffragio venabantur,M. Pal [...]n sua v [...]g.Cerdonumq(ue) animos precibus servilibus atq(ue)Turpibus obsequijs captabant, muneribusq(ue)Vt proprijs rebus curarent publica omississPerq(ue) forum medium multis comitantibus irent,Inflati vt ventu folles, ac fronte superba, &c.