Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Whilest these things were a dooing in France, the EEBO page image 539 lord Henrie prince of Wales,The prince of Wales accused to his fa [...]her. eldest sonne to king Henrie, got knowledge that certeine of his fathers seruants were busie to giue informations against him, whereby discord might arise betwixt him and his father: Iohn Stow. for they put into the kings head, not one|lie what euill rule (according to the course of youth) the prince kept to the offense of manie: but also what great resort of people came to his house, so that the court was nothing furnished with such a traine as dailie followed the prince.The suspici|ous gelousie of the king to|ward his son. These tales brought no small suspicion into the kings head, least his sonne would presume to vsurpe the crowne, he being yet aliue, through which suspicious gelousie, it was per|ceiued that he fauoured not his sonne, as in times past he had doone.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Prince sore offended with such persons, as by slanderous reports, sought not onelie to spot his good name abrode in the realme, but to sowe discord also betwixt him and his father, wrote his letters in|to euerie part of the realme, to reprooue all such slan|derous deuises of those that sought his discredit. And to cleare himselfe the better, that the world might vnderstand what wrong he had to be slandered in such wise: about the feast of Peter and Paule, to wit,The prince goeth to the court with a great traine. the nine and twentith daie of Iune, he came to the court with such a number of noble men and other his freends that wished him well, as the like traine had béene sildome seene repairing to the court at any one time in those daies. He was apparelled in a gowne of blew satten,His strange apparell. full of small oilet holes, at e|uerie hole the néedle hanging by a silke thred with which it was sewed. About his arme he ware an hounds collar set full of SS of gold, and the tirets likewise being of the same metall.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The court was then at Westminster, where he being entred into the hall, not one of his companie durst once aduance himselfe further than the fire in the same hall, notwithstanding they were earnestlie requested by the lords to come higher: but they re|garding what they had in commandement of the prince, would not presume to doo in any thing contra|rie therevnto. He himselfe onelie accompanied with those of the kings house, was streight admitted to the presence of the king his father, who being at that time gréeuouslie diseased, yet caused himselfe in his chaire to be borne into his priuie chamber, where in the presence of thrée or foure persons, in whome he had most confidence,The prince cõmeth to the kings presẽce. he commanded the prince to shew what he had to saie concerning the cause of his comming.