Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 When he had said these words, with much more, he lift vp the duke of Glocester that all this while knée|led afore him, and commanded the residue to rise also. After this,The king ta|keth both par|ties into his protection. he led them courteouslie to his chamber, where they sate and dranke togither. And finallie it was concluded, that they should all méet togither a|gaine at the next parlement, and ech one to receiue according to iustice: and in the meane time the king tooke aswell the duke of Glocester, as the duke of Ireland into his protection, so that neither part in the meane time should hurt the other, nor presume to make any gathering of people vntill the time prefix|ed: and so this councell brake vp, and the lords depar|ted. Grafton. These things yet were doone in absence of the forenamed persons whom the lords accused, for they durst not appeare in presence of the lords; for if they had béene espied, they had smarted for it, as was thought, without any respect that would haue béene had of the kings presence. And now, for somuch as it should be well knowne through all the citie, that these lords had nothing offended him with their comming, the king caused a proclamation to be made, the te|nour whereof was as followeth.
Compare 1577 edition: 112.1. A proclamation clearing the lords of treason.
A proclamation clearing the lords of treason.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 _RIchard by the grace of God, &c. We will that it be knowne to all our liege people throughout our realme of England, that whereas Thomas duke of Glocester, Ri|chard earle of Arundell, & Thomas earle of Warwike, haue beene defamed of trea|son by certeine of our councellors: we as it apperteineth, diligentlie searching the ground & cause of this defamation, find no such thing in them, nor any suspicion there|of: wherfore we declare the same defama|tion to be false, and vntrue, and doo receiue the same duke and earles into our speciall protection. And bicause these accusers shall be notoriouslie knowne, their names are Alexander archbishop of Yorke, sir Robert Ueere duke of Ireland, Michaell de la Poole earle of Suffolke, Robert Trisilian lord chiefe iustice, and sir Nicholas Bram|bre of London knight, who in like case shall remaine till the next parlement, and there shall stand to their answers. But in the meane time we likewise take them into our protection, streictlie charging and com|manding, that no maner of person charge any of the forenamed, either priuilie or a|pertlie, in word or deed, to hurt them, or cause any hurt to be doone to them, but all quarels & demands against them to be re|mitted, vntill the next parlement prefixed.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now to haue all things in more perfect readinesse and remembrance when the estates should be assem|bled, certeine of the lords were appointed to sit in the meane time, to deuise how they might procéed order|lie in redresse of such matters, as séemed to require some spéedie reformation: neither did they thinke it good to depart in sunder, for feare to be intrapped through the malicious practise of their aduersaries. Which doubt of theirs seemed afterwards to stand them in stéed of great wisedome. For immediatlie after, their said aduersaries came to the king, and de|clared how they were dailie in danger of their liues, by reason of the malice which the lords had conceiued against them onelie for the kings sake, and not for a|ny matter of their owne. And whereas the king had promised that they should appeare at the next parle|ment, which was at hand, they told him plainelie that they neither durst nor would put their bodies in such manifest danger. The king considering hereof, with|drew himselfe from the companie of the lords that were assigned to fit at London, to deliberate of mat|ters that were to be talked of and ordered in the par|lement; and so that councell was deferred and laid aside: and the kings councellors that stood in danger of their liues through the malice of the lords confede|rated with the duke of Glocester, got them from the court, and withdrew some into this place and some into that.