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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer, at the same time he caused his two bre|thren, earle Iohn, and Geffrey the elect archbishop of Yorke to take an oth not to returne into England during the terme of thrée yeares next insuing, with|out his consent and licence first had. This he did, fore|séeing what might happen, prouiding as it were a|gainst such practises as his brethren might happilie attempt against him. But yet his mother quéene E|lianor procured him to reuoke that decree immediat|lie, least it might seeme to the world, that hir sonnes should stand in feare one of another. And so the earle of Mortaigne was licenced to returne into Eng|land at his pleasure,Earle Iohn licenced to re|turne into England. swearing an oth at his depar|ture to obeie the kings beheast, and truelie to serue him, according to the dutie of a good and loiall sub|iect. The bishop of Elie lord chancellour and cheefe iustice of England was also sent backe hither into this realme, to set forward things behoouefull for the kings iournie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In like maner the king sent to Rome to obteine that the said bishop of Elie might be constituted the popes legat through both the prouinces of Cantur|burie and Yorke,The bishop of Elie re|turneth. and likewise through Wales and Ireland. Which was soone granted by the bulles of pope Clement the third, bearing date the 5. of Iune. For the which office the bishops gaue him 1500. marks, to the great offense of the king, as he shewed afterward to cardinall Octauian that came to visit him when he arriued in the riuer of Tiber, being vp|on his iourneie towards Messina, as after may ap|peare. But in the meane time, calling togither the lords and peeres of those his dominions on that side the sea, to wit, Normandie, Britaine, Aniou, Poitou, Polydor. and Guien, he consulted with them what number of soldiors and how manie ships it should be conueni|ent for him to take with him and furnish into Alla: and herewith he did command them also to obeie Robert earle of Leicester, whome he appointed to re|maine amongst them as his lieutenant or vicege|rent of those parts during his absence.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 ¶ But here to leaue king Richard in consultati|on for matters apperteining to his iournie, and shew brieflie what happened (by the waie) to the Iewes, which as then dwelt heere in England, after that king Richard was passed euer into Normandie: W. Paruu [...]. ye haue heard how after the riot against them at Lon|don, when the king was crowned, he tooke order that they should remaine in peace vnder his prote|ction, and commanded that no person should in anie wise molest them. But now after that he was gone ouer, and that the souldiers (which prepared them|selues to follow him) began to assemble in r [...]s, the heads of the common people began to wax wild, [...] faine would they haue had some occasion of raising a new tumult against the Iewes,The hatred borne to the Iewes. whome (for these vn|mercifull vsurie practised to the vndooing of manie an honest man) they most [...]adlie hated, wishing most earnestlie these expulsion out of England Her|vpon by reason of a riot committed latelie against them, at the towne of L [...]n in Norfolke, where ma| [...]ie of them were slaine, other people in other parts of the realme, taking o [...]casion hereat, as if they had béene called vp by the sound of a bell or trumpet, a| [...]ose against them in those [...] where they had any habit [...] them afte [...] a disordered [...].

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