Compare 1577 edition: 1 The French king hauing (as I haue said) ouer|throwne the wals of Balun, besieged a fortresse cal|led Lauardin,Lauardin. but king Iohn comming with an ar|mie, caused him to raise his siege, and to withdraw himselfe to the citie of Mauns, whither he followed, and compelled him (manger his force) to remoue from thence. All this while was William de Ro|ches busilie occupied about his practise,William de Roches. to make king Iohn and his nephue Arthur fréends, which thing at length he brought about, and therevpon deliuered in|to king Iohns hands the citie of Mauns which he had in kéeping.The vicount of Tours. Also the vicount of Tours came to the king of England, and surrendred vnto him the ca|stell of Chinon, the keeping whereof he betooke vnto Roger de Lacie the conestable of Chester. But in the night folowing, vpon some mistrust and suspicion gathered in the obseruation of the couenants on K. Iohns behalfe, both the said Arthur,The mistrust that duke Ar|thur had in his vncle king Iohn. with his mother Constance the said vicount of Tours, and diuerse o|ther, fled awaie secretlie from the king, and got them to the citie of Angiers, where the mother of the said Arthur refusing hir former husband the earle of Che|ster, married hir selfe to the lord Guie de Tours, bro|ther to the said vicount, by the popes dispensation. The same yere, Philip bastard sonne to king Richard, to whome his father had giuen the castell and honor of Coinacke, killed the vicount of Limoges,Philip king Richards ba|stard son [...] the vicount of Limoges. in re|uenge of his fathers death, who was slaine (as yee haue heard) in besieging the castell of Chalus Cheuerell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 EEBO page image 161Moreouer, there fell manie great flouds in Eng|land,Great flouds. and on the borders of Scotland, by violence whereof diuerse bridges were borne downe, and a|mongst other, the bridge at Barwike. For the buil|ding vp againe whereof, some variance arose be|twixt Philip bishop of Durham and earle Patrike lord chéefe iustice of Scotland,Uariance be|twixt the bi|shop of Dur|ham and earle Patrike. and capiteine at the same time of the towne of Barwike, who by the Scotish kings commandement would haue repa|red againe the same bridge, which c [...]uld not be doone, but that the one end thereof must be builded on the bishop of Durhams ground, which he would not suf|fer, till by the counsell of the lord William de Stu|teuille, he agréed, so that the conuention accorded and concluded betwixt the king of Scots and his prede|cessour bishop Hugh might be reserued inuiolable.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 A rate of y^e pri|ces of wines.Furthermore, king Iohn did set a rate vpon the prices of wines, as Rochell wine to be sold for twen|tie shillings the tun, and not aboue. The wine of An|iou for twentie foure shillings the tun, and no other French wines aboue fiue and twentie shillings the tun, except it were of such notable goodnesse as that some peraduenture for their owne expenses would be contented to giue after twentie six shillings eight pence for the tun, and not aboue. Moreouer, the galon of Rochell wine he appointed to be sold at foure pence: and the galon of white wine at six pence. It was also ordeined, that in euerie citie, towne, and place where wine was vsed to be sold, there should be twelue honest men sworne to haue regard that this assise should not be broken: and that if they found any vintner that should from the pin sell any wine by small measures contrarie to the same assise, his bodie should be attached by the shiriffe, and deteined in prison, till other commandement were giuen for his further punishment, and his goods seized vnto the kings vse. Furthermore, if any persons were or should be found to buy and sell by the hogshead or tun, contrarie to this assise, they should be committed to prison, there to remaine, till other order were ta|ken for them: neither should there be any regrating of wines that were brought into England. But this ordinance lasted not long, for the merchants could not beare it, and so they fell to and sold white wine for eight pence the gallon, & red or claret for six pence.