Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer, the archbishop of Canturburie (as they say) stood against the king in this demand,The archb. of Canturburie standeth a|gainst the K. in defense of his cleargie. main|teining that the cleargie ought not to be subiect vnto the iudgement of laie men, sith this escuage was granted in the parts beyond the seas without their consent. Wherevpon the matter as touching the bi|shops was deferred till the quindene of Easter, albe|it that all the laitie, and other of the spiritualtie con|sented to the kings will. ¶ About this time also there chanced to rise a great strife and contention betwixt Richard the archbishop of Canturburie, and Hubert the earle of Kent, who as gardian to the yoong erle of Glocester had got into his hands the castell of Tun|bridge,Contention betwixt the archb. and the earle of Kent. with the towne, and certeine other possessions which belonged to the archbishops sée, and therefore did the archbishop complaine to the king of the iniu|rie which he susteined.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now when he perceiued no hope likelie to come for any redresse a [...] the kings hands, he tooke an other way: Matth. Paris. and first by his pontificall authoritie accursed all those that withheld the same possessions, and all their mainteiners (the king excepted) and therewith appealing to the pope he went to prosecute his ap|peale at Rome, whither the king and the earle sent also their procurators, and made the pope their arbi|tratour to iudge of the matter. In the end pope Gre|gorie hauing heard the whole processe of the contro|uersie, iudged the right to remaine with the archbi|shop, who hauing then obteined his desire, hasted to|ward England: but as he was returning home|wards, he died by the way, not farre from Rome, whereby the popes iudgement tooke no place: for whilest the sée was void, there was none that would follow the suit: and such was the end of this contro|uersie for this time.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Ralfe Neuill elected arch. of Canturburie. After the deceasse of this archbishop Richard, the moonks elected Ralfe Neuill bishop of Chichester the kings chancellor, an vpright man, and of iust dea|ling in all his dooings. In whome also it is to be no|ted, he would not giue one halfepenie to the moonks towards the bearing of their charges in their iour|nie to Rome, which they should take vpon them from thence to fetch his confirmation, according to the manner, least he should burthen his conscience with the crime of simonie which he greatlie abhorred, al|though some imputed this to proceed rather of a clo|ked spice of couetousnesse. Which practise of his ma|keth greatlie to the confounding of the indirect means now vsed to aspire vnto promotions, for the obteinment whereof no remedie is forborne; no, though the same be repugnant to reason, and vtterlie against conscience and honestie. But this is the tem|ptation of auarice and ambition, which poison the minds of men in such sort, that rather than they will want their wished aduancement, they will vse these meanes that may further them most, namelie, fréendship, monie, and mightie mens countenance; which one no [...]eth verie well in a distichon of neat de|uise, saieng,
But to the purpose from whence we are digressed. When the moonks came to the popes presenc [...], vp|on inquirie made,Simõ Lang|tons report of the conditi|ons of Ralfe Neuill. and chéefelie by report of Simon Langton, who (as some thinke) gaped for the dignitie he vnderstood that the said Ralfe Neuill should be a man vnlearned, a courtier, hastie and short of word, and that which most displeased the pope, it was to be feared, that if he should be preferred to that roome, he would go about to deliuer the realme of England from the thraldome of the pope, and the court of Rome (into the which being made tributorie by king Iohn it had latelie beene brought) that (as he should alledge) it might serue God and holie church in the old accustomed libertie.Artis, honestatis, recti, praecepta, decus, vim,Conculcat, superant, spernunt, fauor, aera, potentes,