Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The king about this season sent to the Londoners,The Londo|ners refuse to lend the king a thousand pounds. requesting to borrow of them the summe of one thousand pounds, which they vncourteouslie refused to lend: and moreouer they fell vpon an Italian or Lombard (as they termed him) whom they beat and néere hand slue: bicause he offered to lend the king that monie. Whereof when the king was aduertised, he was sore mooued against them, and calling togi|ther the most part of the péeres and noble men of his realme, declared vnto them the froward dealings of the Londoners, complaining sore of such their pre|sumption. The lords and great men, séeming not greatlie to fauour the Londoners, gaue counsell that the insolent pride of those presumptuous per|sons might with speed be repressed. The citizens of London in those daies (as should appeare) vsing their authoritie to the vttermost, had deuised and set foorth diuerse orders and constitutions to abridge the liber|tie of forreners that came to the citie to vtter their commodites. Religious men that wrote the dooings of that age, seemed also to find fault with them, for that they fauored Wicliffes opinions, & therefore did EEBO page image 478 charge them with infidelitie, and mainteining (I know not how) of Lollards & heretikes: but howso|euer the matter, went they fell at this present into the kings heauie displeasure.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Some there be that write, how the king piked the first quarell against the maior and shiriffes, for a riot committed by the vnrulie citizens,A great fire kindled about a litle sparke. against the ser|uants of the bishop of Salisburie: for that where one of the same bishops seruants had taken a horsse-lofe frõ a bakers man, as he passed by in Fléetstréet with his basket to serue his masters customers, and would not deliuer it againe, but brake the bakers mans head, when he was earnest to haue recouered the lofe, the inhabitants of the stréet rose, and would haue had the bishops man to prison for breaking the kings peace: but he was rescued by his fellowes, and esca|ped into Salisburie house, that stood there within the allie, and as then belonged to his master the bishop of Salisburie, being at that time high treasuror of England.A riot by the Londoners vpon the bi|shop of Salis|buries men. The people being set in a rage for the re|scue so made, gathered togither in great multitudes about the bishops palace gate, and would haue fetch|ed out the offendor by force.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 To conclude, such a hurling was in the stréet, that the maior, with the shiriffes, & diuers aldermen came thither with all speed, to take order in the matter, and to sée the peace kept; but after the cõming thither of the maior, the commons of the citie resorted to the place in far greater numbers than before; and the more they were, the worsse they were to rule, and would not be persuaded to quiet themselues, except the bishops seruant,Walter Ro|mane. whose name was Walter Ro|mane, might be had out of the house, and committed to prison: but at length, after manie assaults, lifts, & other indeuours made to haue broken vp the gates of the house, the maior & aldermen, with other discréet commoners appeased the people so, as they brought them to quiet, and sent euerie man to his house.