Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ Thus we see how king Richard was cleared of that crime concerning the marques his death by the tenour of this letter. And verelie it is most like that king Richard would haue béene loth to haue com|municated his purpose vnto such a wicked kind of pagans as the Assassini were, if he had pretended any such matter, but rather would haue sought his reuenge by some other meanes. Now therefore to our purpose.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The newes of the taking of king Richard was anon bruted and blowne ouer all Germanie, where|vpon the emperour Henrie the sixt, the sonne of Fre|derike the first, sent in all hast vnto the duke, persua|ding him to deliuer the king into his hands, being a|ble to susteine and abide the malice of all them that would be offended with the taking and deteining of him prisoner, as the pope and others. The emperour well vnderstood the wealth and riches of England, and therefore hoped to make some good purchase by ransoming the king, if he might get him out of the dukes hands. The duke perceiuing also the empe|rours meaning, durst not well denie his request, and therefore he deliuered the king vnto them that were sent from the emperour,The king is deliuered to the emperor. Matth. Paris. who couenanted to giue vnto the said duke the summe of 6000. pounds of Cullen weight for the hauing of the said king. The emperour thus receiuing the king at the hands of the duke of Austrich, commanded that he should be committed to close prison, and would not doo so much as once speake with him. This he did, to cause the king vpon an indignation and wearinesse of that maner of life, to make speed in offering some large masse of monie for his libertie & deliuerance. ¶ Thus we sée how couetousnesse infected the hearts of the mightie, and what occasion the emperour and duke did take, to inrich themselues by the meanes of the king, whome they forced not to impouerish, so their owne greedie worme were serued. But this hath béene a disease not so generall as ancient, according to his words that said,

Vix ego Saturno quenquam regnante videbam,

Ouid. lib. Fast. 1. Cuius non animo dulcia lucra forent.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Rog. Houed. Here is to be remembred by the waie, that about the same time, or somewhat before, in the yeare of our Lord 1192. the pope sent two legats (namelie, Octauian bishop of Hostia, and Iordane de Fossa noua) into Normandie,Two legats from y^e pope. to reconcile the bishop of Elie and the archbishop of Rouen: but comming vnto Gisors, they were staied from entring any fur|ther into the countrie, wherevpon they did interdict the whole duchie of Normandie, togither with Willi|am Fitz Radulfe lord steward of that countrie,Normandie interdicted. bi|cause he was the man that had so staied them. Im|mediatlie herevpon, queene Elianor, and the archbi|shop of Rouen sent vnto those legats Hugh bishop of Durham, requiring them to release that sentence of interdiction so pronounced against the steward and countrie of Normandie in the kings absence, but they would not, except they might be receiued in|to Normandie: howbeit, the pope being sent vnto, released it, and caused the legats to release it also, and yet they entred not into Normandie at all.