Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Iohn also hauing vnderstanding of his pur|pose, sent ouer the said lord Eustace againe vnto him with the like request, who in such wise persuaded him, that he was contented to abide a time, in hope of the better successe in his late attempted suit. And all this was doone chéeflie by the working of the kings mo|ther, whom the nobilitie much honoured and loued. For she being bent to prefer hir sonne Iohn, left no stone vnturned to establish him in the throne, com|paring oftentimes the difference of gouernement betweene a king that is a man, and a king that is but a child. For as Iohn was 32 yeares old, so Arthur duke of Britaine was but a babe to speake of. In the end, winning all the nobilitie wholie vnto hir will, and séeing the coast to be cleare on euerie side, without any doubt of tempestuous weather likelie to arise, she signified the whole matter vnto K. Iohn, who foorthwith framed all his indeuours to the ac|complishment of his businesse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Surelie quéene Elianor the kings mother was sore against hir nephue Arthur,Quéene Elia|nors enuie a|gainst Arthur. rather mooued there|to by enuie conceiued against his mother, than vpon any iust occasion giuen in the behalfe of the child, for that she saw if he were king, how his mother Con|stance would looke to beare most rule within the realme of England,Constance dutchesse of Britaine. till hir sonne should come to law|full age, to gouerne of himselfe. ¶ So hard it is to bring women to agree in one mind, their natures commonlie being so contrarie, their words so varia|ble, and their déeds so vndiscréet. And therfore it was well said of one (alluding to their disposition and qua|lities,

—nulla diu foemina pondus habet)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Prop. lib. 2.When this dooing of the quéene was signified vn|to the said Constance, she doubting the suertie of hir sonne, committed him to the trust of the French king, who receiuing him into his tuition, promised to defend him from all his enimies, and foorthwith furnished the holds in Britaine with French souldi|ers. Quéene Elianor being aduertised hereof,Quéene Eli|anor passeth into Nor|mandie. stood in doubt by and by of hir countrie of Guien, and therefore with all possible speed passed ouer the sea, and came to hir sonne Iohn into Normandie, and shortlie after they went foorth togither into the coun|trie of Maine, and there tooke both the citie and ca|stell of Mauns,The citie of Mauns takẽ. throwing downe the wals and tur|rets therof, with all the fortifications and stone-hou|ses in and about the same, and kept the citizens as prisoners, Matth. Paris. R. Houed. bicause they had aided Arthur against his vncle Iohn.