Compare 1577 edition: 1 It was therefore knowne, that since he first began to waste his treasure, his charges amounted vnto the summe of 950000 marks, as the bookes of ac|compts remaining in the hands of the clearks of his closet plainelie witnessed, and yet of all those vaine expenses no great aduantage was growne thereby to the king or realme, but rather disaduantage, as the most part of men then tooke to, and no maruell: for there was such hart-burning amongst the nobilitie, one enuieng an others aduancement, & repining at each others dooings, that it was not possible to bring any good drift forward amongst men so far at ods to|gither. But we will let this passe as a thing manifest inough to them that shall well consider the course of that time, and will returne to the parlement aboue mentioned.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Before the end of this solemne assemblie of states, EEBO page image 256 the archbishop of Cullen with a duke,The archbish. of Cullen and other ambas|sadors of Al|maine. & an other bi|shop came ouer out of Almaine, vnto their elect king Richard, to whome they did fealtie and homage, as to their souereigne liege lord and gouernor, which thing once doone, he gaue to the said archbishop fiue hun|dred marks to beare his charges, with a rich miter set with stones, & furnished with plates of beaten gold; which miter when the archbishop had set it vpon his head;

He hath (saith he) giuen a rich gift to me and to my church, and verelie, euen as I haue put this mi|ter on my head, so will I set on his head the crowne of the kingdome of Almaine; he hath mitered me, and I will crowne him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Six archbish. present at London in time of the parlement.Héere is further to be noted, that there were pre|sent at this parlement six archbishops, Canturburie, Yorke, Dubline, Messina, Tarento and Cullen. The archbishop of Messina was come to the king to set him on dotage for the businesse about the conquest of Naples and Sicill. At the feast of Ester next follow|ing, the archbishop of Cullen returned into his coun|trie,The elect K. of Almaine taketh his leaue of the king his bro|ther. and the third day after Easter, the elect king of Almaine tooke his leaue, and departed toward Yar|mouth, where he purposed to take the sea, to saile ouer into Almaine, but by reason of contrarie winds he was driuen to remaine there a long time, to his great gréefe and inestimable charges before he could passe ouer; yet finallie, about the latter end of Aprill, he got foorth to the sea, and landed at Dordreigh the first of Maie next insuing.He landeth at Dordreigh. A synod.