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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this, king Iohn entring into Aniou, held his Easter at Beaufort (which feast fell that yeare the 18 day of Aprill) and from thence he went streight vnto Rouen, where on the sundaie next after Easter being S. Marks day, he was girded with the sword of the dutchie of Normandie in the high church there by the hands of Walter archbishop of Rouen. And so being inuested duke of Normandie, receiued the oth according to the custome,K. Iohn inue|sted duke of Normandie. that he should defend the church, and mainteine the liberties thereof, sée iustice ministred, good lawes put in execution, and naughtie lawes and orders abolished. In the meane time his mother quéene Elianor, togither with cap|teine Marchades entred into Anion, and wasted the same, bicause they of that countrie had receiued Ar|thur for their souereigne lord and gouernour. And a|mongst other townes and fortresses, they tooke the ci|tie of Angiers, slue manie of the citizens,The citie of Angiers ta|ken. and com|mitted the rest to prison.