Compare 1577 edition: 1 Some write that those ambassadours sent from the French king, R. Houed. The offers of the French K and erle Iohn to haue the K. of England kept still in prison. with other from earle Iohn, came to the emperor before king Richard was deliuered, offering in the French kings name fiftie thousand marks of siluer, and in the name of earle Iohn thir|tie thousand, vpon condition that K. Richard might remaine still in captiuitie vntill the feast of S. Mi|chaell next insuing; or else if it might so please him, he should receiue a thousand pounds of siluer for euerie moneth, whilest king Richard should be deteined in his prison, or otherwise fiftie thousand marks of sil|uer more than the first offer, at one entire paiment, if he would deliuer him into their hands, or at the leastwise to kéepe him prisoner by the terme of one whole yeare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The emperour hearing of such large offers, and yet hoping for more, contrarie to his promise and let|ters patents therefore granted, proroged the day in which king Richard should haue béene set at libertie, till Candlemasse after, at which day he was brought from Haguenaw vnto Spiers, where the emperour had called a councell to intreat further of the mat|ter touching his redemption. Here the emperour shewed the letters which he had receiued from the French king and earle Iohn vnto king Richard, who vpon sight and perusing of the same, was maruel|louslie amazed, and began to despaire of all speedie de|liuerance.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Indéed the emperour sought delaies vpon a coue|tous desire of the monie offered by the French king and earle Iohn, but yet such princes and great lords as had vndertaken for the emperour,The princes that had vn|dertaken for the emperor to performe the couenants. that the coue|nants and articles on his part agréed vpon in the ac|cord passed betwixt him and king Richard, should be in ech behalfe performed [that is to saie, the archbi|shops of Ments, Cullen, and Saltzburge, the bishops of Wormes, Spiers, and Liege, the dukes of Sua|ben, Austrich, & Louain, the Palsgraue of the Rhine, and others] came to the emperour, and reproouing him for his couetous mind, in that he deferred the re|storing of king Richard to his libertie, contrarie to the composition, did so much preuaile, that the empe|rour receiuing pledges for the paiment of the monie yet behind (as before ye haue heard) released king Richard out of captiuitie on the second or (as Roger Houeden saith) the fourth day of Februarie, being a dismall day and an infortunate (as they note them in kalendars.) And where the king would haue left Robert de Nouant the bishop of Couentries brother for a pledge amongst the other,Robert de Nouant. he refused to be one of the number, alledging that he was seruant to earle Iohn. King Richard greeuouslie offended herewith, commanded that he should be apprehended, and com|mitted to prison, & so he was. This Robert was one of those that came with the letters from the French king and earle Iohn to the emperour, about the stai|eng of king Richards deliuerance.