Compare 1577 edition: 1 These things thus concluded,The citie of Acres. and the citie yéelded vp into the christian mens hands, the French king EEBO page image 133 vpon enuie and malice conceiued against king Ri|chard (although he pretended sicknesse for excuse) de|parted homewards,The French K. returneth home. setting from Acres the last day of Iulie. Now then, after the departure of king Phi|lip, when the day approched, in the which the Saracens should performe the couenants; or else stand to the iudgement of life and death at the pleasure of the christian princes: it was perceiued that the coue|nants would not be fullfilled according to the agrée|ment. For Saladine, as it well appeared, ment not to performe that which for the safegard of his men he had vndertaken, and did but dallie with the christi|ans to prolong the time: wherevpon sentence was giuen foorth, that for default in such behalfe, the Sa|racens remaining as pledges should loose their heads.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Saladine hauing knowledge thereof, sent word to king Richard and to the whole christian armie, that if his people that were in the christian mens hands lost their heads, he would not faile but cause the heads of all those christians which he had in captiuitie to be cut off also. Notwithstanding which answer, on the fourteenth day of August king Richard issued foorth of the citie, passing the vttermost ditches, and incamped himselfe neere the armie of Saladine, who the same daie sent rich presents vnto king Ri|chard, requiring of him a longer day for perfor|mance of the couenants, but that would not be gran|ted. Wherefore vpon the said deniall, Saladine cau|sed all those christian prisoners which he had in his hands to be beheaded on the eightéenth day of Au|gust,Saladine causeth the christian pri|soners to be beheaded. on which day king Richard aduanced foorth to|wards the lodgings of the Saracens, and skirmished with them verie hotlie, so that manie were woun|ded and slaine on both parts: and amongst other one of king Richards companions at all exercises na|med Peter Mignot lost his life there. Furthermore, although king Richard knew that Saladine had put the christian prisoners to death in such wise as you haue heard, yet would not he preuent his terme ap|pointed for the execution of the Sarace [...]s that were in his custodie, but abiding vnto the twentith day of August, he then caused those Saracens which fell to his lot, at the time of the surrender of Acres, being in number about 2600. to be brought foorth of the ci|tie, and néere to the walles in the sight of Saladine and all his host they had their heads chopped off. The duke of Burgoigne caused execution to be doone within the citie vpon those which fell to the French kings share, the number of the which rose to two thousand and foure hundred, or thereabouts: for the whole number was reckoned to be about fiue thou|sand that thus lost their liues through the inconstan|cie of their prince: yet diuerse of the principall had their liues saued. The Saracens themselues also spake much euill of Saladine for this matter, bicause that refusing to performe the articles of couenants, R. Houed. he had occasioned the enimie to slea those that had so valiantlie serued in defense of the citie, to the vtter|most ieopardie of their liues. And her [...]e is verified that knowne verse,

Quicquid delirant reges plectu [...]tur Achiu [...].

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to leaue forren matters, and to returne home into England: Ger. Dor. we find, that on the second of December, the monks of Canturburie chose to their archbishop Reignold bishop of Bath, who within fif|teene daies after his election, departed this life, and lieth buried at Bath. Also this yeare, or (as Ger. Dor. saith) in the yeare following, the bishop of Durham sought meanes to withdraw his subiection from the archbishop of Yorke,Strife be|twixt y^e arch|bishop of York and the bishop of Durham. for which attempt the archbi|shop of Yorke, vpon trust of the popes grant, did not excommunicate the said bishop, notwithstanding that he appealed to the popes consistorie three seue|rall times, putting his owne matter and his chur|ches to be examined and tried by the pope, wherevp|on he obeied not the excommunication: and signifi|eng the cause vnto Rome, obteined such fauour, that the pope and his cardinals reuersed the sentence, and iudged the excommunication to be of none effect. And further they decreed, that if the archbishop of Yorke had broken the altars and chalices, as infor|mation was giuen, in which the bishop of Durham had celebrated after his appeale made to the court of Rome, that then should the said bishop of Durham be acquited from owing any subiection to the said archbishop for so long as they two should liue to|gither.