Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the day of the Epiphanie,The earle of Leicester re|turneth. the earle of Leice|ster came to the king in great hast out of Gascoigne giuing him to vnderstand, that the Gascoignes were reuolted in such number, that if spéedie succour were not prouided, the whole countrie would fall from the English subiection. Héerevpon the king furnished him with monie,He had of the king 3000 marks. and the earle himselfe got all that he could make of his owne reuenues, and likewise of the Umfreuilles lands, the heire whereof he had in custodie. He made no long abode, but with all speed returned, and reteined two hundred Rutters out of the duke of Brabants countries,Rutters. and with them cer|teine crosbowes. These were eger souldiers, and bloudie, but yet the Gascoignes prepared themselues to resist them all that they might: howbeit the earle put them still to the worse. Before his last returne from thence, he had raced the castell of Fronsacke flat with the ground, and likewise left desolate the castell of Egremount.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 About this season, one of the kings iustices named Henrie de Bath fell in the kings displeasure,A iustice accu+sed for taking bribes. bicause he was accused that he had not exercised his office vprightlie, but to his owne priuat gaine, and peruer|ted iustice through bribes, vpon occasion of a suit mooued betwixt him and one Euerard de Trum|pington: he was appealed of falshood and treason by Sir Philip Darcie knight. His wife was of kin to the Bassets and Samfords, the which procured him great freendship at the hands of the earle of Corne|wall, and of Iohn Mansell, and other of the kings councell. But for all that they could doo, he was in great danger to haue lost his life at the parlement holden that yeare, and begun on the sixtéenth day of Februarie. For the king was so sore mooued against him, that he caused proclamation to be made, that if any man had any thing to laie against the said Hen|rie de Bath, they should come foorth, and their infor|mation should be heard. Herevpon diuerse came and presented their complaints, and amongst other, one of his owne fellowes, that was a iustice also, decla|red that he had suffered an offendor conuict, to escape vnpunished, for a bribe, which he receiued to the pre|iudice of the king, and the danger of his associats the other iustices, whereas it is required of one put in trust with the administration of lawes, to be vncor|rupt and sound in iudgement, according to this true position,
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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king herewith rose vp in a great fume, and said openlie:
If any man will slea Henrie of Bath, he shall not be impeached for his death: for I doo here plainelie declare him acquit and guiltlesse for the same.Herewith diuerse would haue run vpon him to haue murdered him, but that Iohn Mansell staied their outrage, shewing them that the king might well herafter repent the words which he spake thus in his furie, and those that should doo any vio|lence vnto the man, were not like to escape punish|ment: for both the bishop of London would suerlie accurse them, and other of his fréends would not faile to séeke reuenge by temporall force: and thus was Henrie of Bath in the kings high displeasure for the time.Henrie de Bath put to his fine. Howbeit at length, through intercession of the earle of Cornewall, and the bishop of London, he was put to his fine, and pardoned.