Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king being aduertised hereof, sent againe to the commons,Dissention between [...] [...] king an [...] [...] parlement house. that they should send vnto Eltham (where he laie) fortie of the wisest and best learned of the common house, the which in the name of the whole house should declare vnto him their minds. And then the house was in no small feare, by reason of a brute that was raised, how the king sought meanes to in|trap and destroie them that followed not his purpose. Herevpon aswell the lords of the vpper house as the commons of the lower assembled togither, and a|gréed with one consent, that the duke of Glocester,The duke of Glocester and the bishop of Elie sent to y^ [...] K. at Eltham frõ the whole bodie of the parlement. and Thomas Arundell bishop of Elie, should in the name of the whole parlement be sent to the king vn|to Eltham: which was doone, and the king was well contented that they should come. When they came before his presence, with humble reuerence they de|clared their message, which consisted in these points: That the lords and commons assembled at that pre|sent in parlement,Their re|quests to the king. besought him of his lawfull fa|uour, that they might liue in peace and tranquillitie vnder him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 They further declared, that one old statute and laudable custome was approued, which no man could denie, that the king once in the yeare might lawfullie summon his high court of parlement,And often [...]r [...] néed require. and call the lords and commons therevnto, as to the highest court of his realme, in which court all right and equi|tie ought to shine as the sunne being at the highest, whereof poore and rich may take refreshing; where al|so reformation ought to be had of all oppressions,The causes & conditions of a parlement. wrongs, extortions, & enormities within the realme; and there the king ought to take counsell with the wise men of his realme, for the maintenance of his estate, and conseruation of the same. And if it might be knowen that any persons within the realme or without, intended the contrarie; there must also be deuised how such euill weeds may be destroied. There must also be studied and foreséene, that if any charge doo come vpon the king and realme, how it may be honorablie borne and discharged.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Further, they declared that till that present, his subiects (as was thought) had louinglie demeaned themselues towards him, in aiding him with their substance to the best of their powers, & that their de|sire was to vnderstand how those goods were spent. And further they said, they had one thing to declare vnto him, how that by an old ordinance it was ena|cted, that if the king should absent himselfe fourtie daies, not being sicke,Absence of the king from the parlement [...] the space of [...] daies. and refuse to come to the parle|ment, without regard to the charges of his people, and their great paines, they then may lawfullie re|turne home to their houses: and therefore sith he had béene absent a long time, and yet refused to come a|mong them, it was greatlie to their discomfort. To this the king (as we find) made this answer:

Well,The kings answer. we doo perceiue that our people and commons go a|bout to rise against vs: wherefore we thinke we can|not doo better than to aske aid of our cousine the French king, and rather submit vs vnto him than to our owne subiects.