Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Furthermore, bicause the pope vnderstood, that di|uerse rich beneficed men were of late dead in Eng|land intestate, as Robert Hailes the archdeacon of Lincolne, Almerike the archdeacon of Bedford, and Iohn Hotospe archdeacon of Northhampton, he ordeined a decrée,A decrée of the pope. that all such spirituall per|sons EEBO page image 239 as died intestate, their goods should remaine to the pope. The execution of which decrée he comman|ded to the friers preachers and minors but the king would not suffer it to take place, bicause he saw that it should redound to the preiudice of him and his kingdome. Wherein the popes oppression and wrong offered to the dead (by whose deceasse their suruiuing fréends should be benefited) and his cruell couetous|nes extending to the verie senseles corpse dooth ma|nifestlie appeare, so that it is verified of him, by waie of comparison,
Also, where the pope required a talage of the clergie, the king flatlie forbad it by his letters inhibitorie.Carniuorax tumidis vt gaudet hyaena sepulchris,Sic instat putidis ille cadaueribus.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane while, William Powis chapleine, and sir Henrie de Lamere knight, which were sent with the second letters, deuised in the late parlement (as you haue heard) to be preferred vnto the pope and cardinals, returned againe without obteining anie towardlie answer, but rather (as they declared) they found the pope sharp and rough in spéech, saieng,
The king of England which now kicketh against the church, & beginneth to plaie Frederiks part, hath his counsell, & so likewise haue I, which I intend to fol|low.Other answer they cold not obteine. Againe, the Englishmen that were sutors in the court of Rome, were strangelie vsed, and could not get anie dispatch in their businesse, but were rather put backe as schis|matikes, and with rebukes reuiled. Herevpon the king called a parlement at Winchester, to haue the aduise of his lords in this matter,A proclama|tion inhibi|ting monie to be sent to the pope. where how soeuer they agreed, proclamation was immediatlie set forth, and published in euerie shire & countie through the realme, that no man should consent to the popes contribution, nor send anie monie out of the realme to his aid. When the pope heard of this, he wrote ve|rie sharplie to the bishops, commanding them on paine of excommunication and suspension, to sasisfie his Nuncio remaining at the new temple in Lon|don, before the feast of the Assumption of our ladie. And whereas the king minded to haue stood in the matter through threats of his brother the earle of Cornewall, and of certeine prelats, namelie, the bi|shop of Worcester (who had authoritie as was said to interdict the land) he yéelded and suffered the pope to haue his will, to the great griefe and discomfort of manie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 A sore tempest of haile.On S. Margarets daie, there fortuned a maruel|lous sore tempest of haile, raine, thunder and light|ning, which being vniuersall through the realme, did much hurt, & continued the space of 16 houres togi|ther without ceassing. This yéere, sundrie noble perso|nages departed this world,Isabell the kings mother departeth this life. as Isabell the kings mo|ther, wife to the earle of March in Poictou. Also, the countesse of Albemarle, the daughter of Alaine of Galloway, and sister to the countesse of Winchester: wherevpon, a great part of Gallowaie that belonged to hir (for that she died without issue) remained to Ro|ger de Quincie earle of Winchester,Roger de Quincie earle of Winchester. that married the eldest sister. Moreouer, Iohn lord Neuill died this yeare,Iohn lord Neuill depar|ted this life with diuers other. which had béene chiefe forrester of England: but he was not onelie put out of that office for cer|teine transgressions, but also out of the kings fauor before he died, where (at first) none was more estee|med in the court than he. The bishop of Salisburie, named master Robert de Bingham, died also this yeare, and sir Richard de Argenton knight, a right noble personage, which in the holie land had shewed good proofe of his high valiancie, manhood, & prowesse: likewise sir Henrie Bailioll of the north, and diuerse other.