Compare 1577 edition: 1 In a parlement holden at Westminster about the octaues of the Epiphanie, the king required a subsidie of his subiects, which request was not verie well ta|ken, but yet at length, vpon promise that he would be good lord [...] them, and not séeke to instringe and dis|anull the [...] which he had made by pretense of want of the popes confirmation (as it was thought he meant to doo) they agréed to giue him the thirtith part of all moueable goods,A subsidie. as well of the spiritualtie as the temporaltie, reseruing yet to euerie man his readie come with horsse and armour, to be imploied for the profit of the common-wealth. In considerati|on of which grant, the king being of perfect age, and in his owne rule and full gouernance, of his frée and méere goodwill, at the request, and by counsell of the lords of his realme, eftsoones granted and confirmed the liberties and customes conteined in the two char|ters, the one called Magna charta, and the other Char|ta de foresta, with this addition following added in the end.
8.1. The confirmation of the charters, vnder the kings acknowledgement and subscription of witnesses.
The confirmation of the charters, vnder the kings acknowledgement and subscription of witnesses.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 _NVnc autem concessimus, & hac praesen|ti charta confirmauimus omnibus prae|dictis de regno nostro, omnes libertates & liberas consuetudines content as in chartis nostris, quas eis fidelibus nostris fieri fecimus cùm in minori essemus aetate, scili|cet in Magna charta nostra, quàm in charta de Fo|resta. Et volumus pro nobis, & haeredibus nostris, quòd praefati fideles nostri, & successores, & haere|des eorum habeant, & teneant in perpetuum om|nes libertates & liberas consuetudines praedictas, non obstante quòd praedictae chartae confectae fue|rint cùm minoris essemus aetatis, vt praedictum est, hijs testibus, Edmundo Cant archiepiscopo, & om|nibus alijs in Magna charta nominatis. Dat. per manum venerabilis patris Cicestriensis episcopi, cancellarij nostri 28 die Ianuarij, Anno Regni nostri 21.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Beside the confirmation of these charters, Matth. Paris. the king further to win the fauour of his people, was conten|ted to remooue and sequester from him diuerse of his councellours that were thought not to be well min|ded towards the aduancement of the common|wealth, and in their places to admit the earle of Wa|ren, William de Ferrers, and Iohn Fitz Geffrey, who were sworne to giue to the king faithfull coun|sell, and in no wise to go out of the right waie for a|ny respect that might otherwise mooue them. ¶About the first daie of March, there began sore raine and tempestuous weather, whereof insued great flouds, as before in the beginning of the yeare passed, had chanced, though not dooing so much hurt as before.