Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 About the same time, Baldwine naming himselfe emperour of Constantinople,The emperor of Constanti|nople com|meth into England. came againe into England, to procure some new aid of the king, to|wards the recouerie of his empire, out of the which he was was expelled by the Greekes. ¶ Also, there arriued in England a cardinall that was bishop of Sabine, hauing first receiued an oth,A cardinall cõmeth into England, re|ceiuing an oth not to preiu|dice y^e realme. that he came not for anie hurt to the king or his realme, for other|wise being a legat he might not be suffered to enter the land: he came this waie to passe ouer into Nor|waie, whither he went to crowne and annoint Ha|con king of that realme.The kings halfe brethren came to sée the king. There arriued here with him the thrée halfe brethren to the king, Guy de Lu|cignan, William de Valence, & Athelmare a préest, with their sister Alice. All these were begotten by EEBO page image 240 Hugh [...] earle of March, of quéene Isabell the kings mother, and were therefore ioifullie receiued of the king, with faithfull promise, that he would be to them a beneficiall good brother, which his saiengs with effectuall déeds he [...] fullie performed. The cardinall hauing saluted the king, tooke leaue of him and came to Lin, where he staied at the point of thrée moneths, making such purchase amongst religious men,The cardinall maketh shift for [...]. that what by procuraries and other shifts, he got as was thought, a foure thousand marks towards his charges, and so departed. Edmund Lacie earle of Lincolne, and Richard de Burgh, as then wards to the king, were married vnto two of those yoong la|dies of Prouance, which Peter de Sauoy earle of Richmond brought ouer with him, whereat manie of the English nobilitie grudged.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Also, about the thirtéenth of August, the ladie Ione daughter to the lord Guarine de Monchenc [...]e,William de Ualence mar|rieth lord Montchẽcies daughter. was married vnto William de Ualence the kings halfe brother. The same ladie was heire to hir fathers lands, by the death of hir brother the sonne of the said lord Guarine. Sir William de Bueles knight a Norman borne, was made seneshall of Gascoigne about this season, and was sore vexed with wars by Gaston the sonne of the countesse of Bierne and o|thers,Gaston de Bi+erne maketh war against the kings lieutenant. which Gaston shewed himselfe verie vnthanke|full, for the king had giuen both to him and to his mo|ther (a woman of a monstrous stature) verie large in|terteinement to serue him in his wars at his last be|ing in that countrie (as before ye haue heard.) The archbishop of Canturburie suspended the préests of his prouince,Préests of the prouince of Canturburie suspended. bicause they would not consent (accor|ding to the grant which he had purchased of the pope) that he should haue the first fruits for one yeare, of e|uerie benefice that chanced to be vacant within the same prouince. The earles of Cornewall and Pen|broke got much monie by waie of a collection, to|wards the reliefe of the warres in the holie land, ha|uing purchased of the pope certeine buls of indul|gence for the same.Sir Fouke de Newcastell the kings coo|sen by his mother de|parteth this life. Sir Fouke de Newcastell a va|liant knight, and coosen germane to the king on the mothers side died at London, during the time of the parlement.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 On the thirtéenth of October was a portion of the holie bloud of Christ (as it was then supposed) shewed in most reuerent wise in a solemne procession, for the king comming to the church of S. Paule in Lon|don, receiued there the same bloud conteined in a christalline glasse, the which he bare vnder a canopie supported with foure staues, through the stréets, vnto the abbeie church of Westminster. His armes were also supported by two lords as aids to him all the waie as he went. The masters of the Templers and Hospitallers had sent this relike to the king. To de|scribe the whole course and order of the procession and feast kept that daie, would require a speciall treatise. But this is not to be forgotten, that the same daie the bishop of Norwich preached before the king in commendation of that relike, pronouncing six years and one hundred and sixtéene daies of pardon, gran|ted by the bishops there present,Pardon gran+ted by bishops to all that came to reuerence it.