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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 110 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 360)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon was the siege raised from Tournie, af|ter it had continued there the space of ten wéekes and foure daies.The siege rai|sed from Tournie. They within stood in great danger for lacke of vittels to haue beene constreined to the sur|rendring of the towne, if this truce had not béene con|cluded, which caused the French king the sooner to a|grée, in like case as the lacke of monie caused the king of England to take his truce, which otherwise (as was thought) he would not haue doone: so that by the violent constraint of necessitie they were forced thus to doo, against which there is no trieng of maiste|ries, nor strugling to make it stoope and obeie: for

A necessitate omnia in seruitutem rediguntur.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 111 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 360)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 After he had raised his siege he went to Gant, and thither came also the earle of Flanders being now restored home to his countrie,The earle of Flanders feasteth the K. of England. Ia. Meir. and made the king of England great cheare, feasting and banketting him right princelie, togither with the quéene. Finallie, af|ter that king Edward had refreshed himselfe a while at Gant, he tooke a verie few with him,The king go|eth into Zea+land. and [...]ame in|to Zealand; and there taking the seas to passe ouer into England, he was sore tossed by force of outragi|ous stormes of wind and weather. Yet at length af|ter thrée daies and thrée nights sailing,Continuation of Triuet. in the night of the feast of saint Andrew, he came on land at the tower of London about cocke-crowing, and with him the earle of Northampton, the lord Walter de Mannie, the lord Iohn Darcie, the sonne of the lord Iohn Beauchampe, Giles Beauchampe, with two chapleins that were his secretaries, sir William Killesbie, and sir Philip Weston, beside a few others.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 112 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 360)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After his arriuall he sent for the bishop of Chiche|ster that was lord chancellor, for the bishop of Couen|trie and Lichfield being lord treasuror, and for such of the iudges as were then in London. The lord chan|cellor and the lord treasuror he streightwaies dischar|ged of their offices, Auesburie. threatening to send them into Flanders, there to remaine as pledges for monie that he there owght, or if they refused to go thither, then to kéepe them prisoners in the towne. But when the bishop of Chichester declared to him the danger of the canon established against such as imprisoned bishops, he suffered them to depart: but the iudges, to wit, Iohn de Stonore, Richard de Willoughbie, William de Shareshull, and also Nicholas or (as o|ther haue) Matthew de la Bech, who was before gar|dian of his sonne, and lieutenant of the tower:Iudges and other officers committed to the tower. also Iohn de Pultnie, and William de Poole merchants; and the chiefe clerkes of the chancerie, Iohn de saint Paule, Michaell de Wath, Henrie de Stretford, and Robert de Chikewell; and of the escheker, Iohn de Thorpe, and manie other, were committed to diuerse prisons, but yet bicause they were committed but onelie vpon commandement, they were within a while after deliuered.

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