Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But now that the king was once placed in the roi|all seat of the realme, he vertuouslie considering in his mind, that all goodnesse commeth of God, deter|mined to begin with some thing acceptable to his di|uine maiestie, and therefore commanded the cleargie sincerelie and trulie to preach the word of God, and to liue accordinglie, that they might be the lanternes of light to the temporaltie, as their profession required. The laie men he willed to serue God, and obeie their prince, prohibiting them aboue all things breach of matrimonie, custome in swearing; and namelie, wil|full periurie. Beside this, he elected the best learned men in the lawes of the realme, to the offices of iu|stice; and men of good liuing, he preferred to high de|grées and authoritie.A parlement. Immediatlie after Easter he called a parlement, in which diuerse good statutes, and wholesome ordinances, for the preseruation and ad|uancement of the common-wealth were deuised and established. Thom. Walsin. The funerals of king Hen|rie the fourth kept at Can|turburie. On Trinitie sundaie were the solemne exequies doone at Canturburie for his father, the king himselfe being present thereat.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the same time, at the speciall instance of the king, in a conuocation of the cleargie holden at Paules in London, it was ordeined, that saint Ge|orge his daie should be celebrate and kept as a dou|ble feast.S. Georges day made a double feast. The archbishop of Canturburie meant to haue honored saint Dunstanes daie with like reue|rence, but it tooke not effect. When the king had set|led things much to his purpose, he caused the bodie of EEBO page image 544 king Richard to be remooued with all funerall digni|tie conuenient for his estate, from Langlie to West|minster, where he was honorablie interred with quéene Anne his first wife, in a solemne toome erec|ted and set vp at the charges of this king. Abr. [...]l. out Polychron. ¶ Poly|chronicon saith, that after the bodie of the dead king was taken vp out of the earth, this new king (happi|lie tendering the magnificence of a prince, and abhor|ring obscure buriall) caused the same to be conueied to Westminster in a roiall seat (or chaire of estate) couered all ouer with blacke veluet, & adorned with banners of diuers armes round about. All the horsses likewise (saith this author) were apparelled with blacke, and bare sundrie sutes of armes. Manie other solemnities were had at his interrement, according to the qualitie of the age wherein he liued and died.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Also in this first yéere of this kings reigne, sir Iohn Oldcastell, which by his wife was called lord Cob|ham, a valiant capteine and a hardie gentleman, was accused to the archbishop of Canturburie of certeine points of heresie, who knowing him to be highlie in the kings fauour, declared to his highnesse the whole accusation. The king first hauing compas|sion of the noble man, required the prelats, that if he were a straied shéepe, rather by gentlenes than by ri|gor to reduce him to the fold. And after this, he him|selfe sent for him, and right earnestlie exhorted him, and louinglie admonished him to reconcile himselfe to God and to his lawes. The lord Cobham not one|lie thanked him for his most fauourable clemencie, but also declared first to him by mouth, and after|wards by writing, the foundation of his faith, and the ground of his beliefe, affirming his grace to be his supreme head and competent iudge, and none other person, offering an hundred knights and esquiers to come to his purgation, or else to fight in open lists in defense of his iust cause.