Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 King Richard as then remained at Saleru, and hearing that his nauie was gone towards Messina, he departed thence on the thirteenth day of September, and hasted forth towards Messina, They arriue at Messina. passing by Melphi and Cocenza, and so at length comming to Faro de Messina, he passed the same, K. Richard arriueth at Messina.and on the 23. day of September arriued at Messina with great noise of trumpets and other instruments, to the woonder of the French king and others that beheld his great puissance and roiall behauiour now at his comming. The same time he went vnto the French kings lodging, to commen with him of their businesse: and immediatlie the French king tooke the sea, in purpose to haue passed forward on his iournie but by contrarie wind he was staied and kept backe within the hauen, wherevpon both the kings determined to winter there, and in the meane time to prouide themselues of all things necessarie for their iornie, against the beginning of the next spring. On the 30 of September he receiued his sister the queene of Sicile, the widow of William late king of that Ile, whome he placed in a strong fortresse, which he tooke the same day, and left therein a conuenient garison of men of armes and demilances for the safegard of the place and of his said sister.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now for the better vnderstanding of the cause of such quarelling as fell out betwixt the Englishmen and the Sicilians, yee shall vnderstand that a little before the arriuall of the kings of England and France in those parts, king William of Sicile was departed this life, leauing no issue behind him. Whervpon the lords of the Ile elected one Tancred to their king, a bastard sonne of Roger sometime king of that land, and grandfather to this last deceased king William. This Tancred though he receiued king Richard verie courteouslie: yet he greatlie trusted him not, bicause he demanded the dowrie of his sister queene Ioane, wife to the late king William to be restored, whereas he had not readie monie to discharge it.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore to depart with the citie of Mount saint Angelo, A chaire of gold. with all the countrie thervnto belonging, which was indeed assigned to hir for hir dowrie, he thought in no wise profitable: but king Richard did not onelie require that citie and countie with a chaire of gold, K. Richards demands for the dowrie of his sister wife to K. William according to the custome of that kingdome in right of his sister, as due to hir by way of hir dowrie, but also he required to his owne vse a table of gold conteining twelue foot in length, and one foot and an halfe in breadth, & two tressels of gold to beare vp the same table, with 24. siluer cups, and as manie dishes of siluer, with a tent of silke of such largenesse that two hundred knights might sit at meat within it: also fortie thousand measures of wheat, with as manie of barlie, and as manie of wine, beside one hundred armed gallies, with all furniture and vittels sufficient to serue the gallie men in the same for the terme of two yeares. These things he demanded as due to him being heire to his father king Henrie, accordinglie as was deuised by king William in his last will and testament, which demands seemed intollerable to the said Tancred: so that if he could haue shifted the matter, he was loth to haue heard thereof.