Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore, to put awaie as it were the reproofe of his captiuitie and imprisonment) by the reuiuing of his noblenesse, which he had in high estimation,
he caused himselfe to be estsoones crowned by the archbishop Hubert, on the 18 of Aprill, at Win|chester,The king crowned a|new. and so shewed himselfe as a new crowned king (in hope of good successe and better lucke to fol|low) in the presence of the said king of Scots, who bare one of the three swords before him, R. Houed. The king of Scots bea|reth one of the swords before the king of England. going in the middle betwixt two earles, that is to saie, Hamelin earle of Warren going on his right hand, and Ra|nulfe earle of Chester on his left. The canapie vnder the which he went was borne vp also by foure earles, Norffolke, Lislewight, Salisburie, and Ferrers. The bishop of Elie lord chancellour went on the right hand of the king, and the bishop of London on the left. At dinner also the citizens of London serued him in the butterie by reason of two hundred marks which they had giuen the king that they might so doo,The citizens of London. notwithstanding the claime and challenge made by the citizens of Winchester, the which serued him in the kitchin.—pretio nam dignior omni estNobilitas, haec non emitur nec venditur auro)
Compare 1577 edition: 1 The archbishop of Yorke was commanded that he should not be present at the coronation, least some tumult might arise about the hauing of his crosse borne afore him, to the displeasure of the archbishop of Canturburie, who stood in it, that no prelat with|in his prouince ought to haue any crosse borne be|fore him, himselfe excepted.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this, he called a parlement,A parlement called. by vertue where|of he reuoked backe and resumed into his hands all patents, annuities, fées, and other grants (before his voiage into the holie land) by him made, or otherwise granted or alienated. And bicause it shuld not seeme that he vsed a méere violent extortion herein, he trea|ted with euerie one of them in most courteous wise, bearing them in hand, that he knew well they ment not to let foorth their monie to him vpon vsurie, but would be contented with such reasonable gaine and profit, as had béene raised to their vse in time of his absence of those things which they held of him by as|signation in way of lone, so that now the same might be restored to him againe, sith he ment not to sell them, but to let them foorth as it were to farme for the time, as all men might well vnderstand, considering that he could not mainteine the port of a king with|out receipt of those profits which he had so let foorth. With these gentle words therefore mixed with some dreadfull allegations, he brought them all into such perplexitie,The bold cou|rage of the bi|shop of Lin|colne. that not one of them durst withstand his request, nor alledge that he had wrong doone to him, except Hugh the bishop of Lincolne, who sticked not EEBO page image 144 to saie, that the king in this demand did them and the rest open iniurie.The bishop of Durham lost his earldome. The bishop of Durham lost his earledome, and was constreined to content himselfe with his old bishoprike, and to leaue the dignitie of an earle, or at the leastwise the possessions which he had bought of the king before his setting forward in|to the holie land.