Compare 1577 edition: 1 And where the king had demanded a reliefe of mo|nie towards the maintenance of his estate, and char|ges of the warres, it was answered, that he néeded not any tallage of his subiects, sith he might furnish himselfe with such a summe at the hands of the said earle, that was iustlie indebted vnto him therein, as they were able well to prooue. But the king was no|thing herewith contented, conceiuing no small dis|pleasure, aswell against them of the lower house, as against the lords in the vpper, for fauouring them in the lower, in matters that went so sore against his mind. Herevpon (as was said, whether trulie or o|therwise, the lord knoweth) by a conspiracie begun betwixt the king & such as were most in fauour with him, it was deuised, that the duke of Glocester (as principall (and such other lords as fauored the knights and burgesses in their sute, against the earle of Suf|folke, and were otherwise against the king in his de|mand of monie, should be willed to a supper in Lon|don, there to be murthered.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 But the duke comming by some meanes to vnder|stand of this wicked practise, had no desire to take part of that supper, where such sharpe sauce was proui|ded and withall gaue warning to the residue, that they likewise should not come there, but to content themselues with their owne suppers at their lodg|ings. It was said, that sir Nicholas Brember, who had béene maior the yeare before, had promised his as|sistance in the execution of this horrible fact: but tho|rough the commendable constancie of Richard Ex|ton that was maior this yeare, being mooued by the king for his furtherance therein,Richard Ex|ton iustlie cõ|mended. and denieng flatlie to consent to the death of such innocent persons, that heinous practise was omitted. This matter being brought to light, the hatred and malice which men bare to such councellors of the king greatlie increa|sed, and the duke of Glocester and such as withstood the king, dailie grew more and more into the peo|ples fauour.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 A subsidie granted and appointed to be sp [...]nt ac|cording to ye discretion of the nobilitie.Howbeit at length, through the earnest sute of some of the great lords, there was granted to the king halfe a tenth and halfe a fiftéenth, which should not be spent at the pleasure of the prince, but by the order and appointment of the said lords, & so at length the earle of Arundell was appointed to receiue it, to furnish him with a nauie to the seas. But before this paiment might be granted, there was much adoo, & hard bold: for where the said earle of Suffolke then lord chancellor, at first had demanded of the com|mons in the kings name, foure fiftéens (for with lesse (said he) the king could not mainteine his estate and the warres which he had in hand) the whole bodie of the parlement made answer thereto, that without the king were present (for he was then at Eltham) they could make therein no answer at all: and here|with they tooke occasion at length to say further, that except the said earle of Suffolke were remooued from the office of chancellorship, they would meddle no further with any act in this parlement, were it ne|uer of so small importance.