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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Upon tuesdaie in Whitsunweeke the archd [...]ke Phi|lip came thither with a conuenient companie.The king of England and the duke of Burgognie méet at saint Peters church with|out Calis. Abr. Fl. ex Edw. Hall in Hen. 7. fol. lij. The king and the queene with manie a lustie lord and la|die rode thither to welcome him. [And when the king approched, the duke at his lighting offered to hold his stirrupe, which the king in no wise would suffer to be doone. When the king was descended from his horsse, he and the archduke imbraced each other with most princelie familiaritie, and then the quéene and all the nobls saluted him.] And after most louing intertein|ments, bankettings, mirth, and pastime shewed a|mongest them, there was communication of marri|ages, treating of further strengthening of leagues, requests of tolles in Flanders to be minished: with manie other things touching the commoditie and traffike of both their countries. And when all things were set in order, the two princes tooke their leaue, and departed; the king to Calis, and the archduke to S. Omers. After his departing, there came as am|bassadors from the French king, the lord Gronthouse gouernour of Picardie, and the lord Meruelliers bailiffe of Amiens, which declared to the king the get|ting of Millaine and taking of the duke. The king highlie feasted them, and rewarded them princelie at their departing.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Anno Reg. 16.Soone after, when the death was slaked, the king returned againe into England about the end of Iune. Shortlie after there came to him one Gasper Pons a Spaniard, a man of excellent learning and most ciuill behauiour, sent from Alexander the bishop of Rome to distribute the heauenlie grace (as he ter|med it) to all such as (letted by anie forceable impedi|ment) could not come to Rome that yeare to the Iu|bile,A yeare of Iubile. which was there celebrate, being the yeare after the birth of our Sauiour, 1500. This beneuolent li|beralitie was not altogither fréeli [...] giuen. For Alex|ander looking to the health of mens soulesPope Alexan|der maketh profit of his great pardon or heauenlie grace, as he termeth it. thought to doo somewhat for his owne priuat commoditie, & therefore he set a certeine price of that his grace and pardon. And to the end that the king should not hin|der his purpose, he offered part of his gaines to the king.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 And to colour the matter with some fauourable pretext, and to make men the better willing, & more readie to giue franklie, he promised with that monie to make warre against the Turke. By this meanes the po [...]e got a great masse of monie, which he had conueied ouer vnto him by such trustie messengers (doubt you not) as he had appointed; and yet nothing doone against the Turks, which in the meane season did much hurt to the christians. [For it was no part of his meaning (what colourable shew soeuer he made of tendering the succourlesse people) to impart anie portion thereof to so good a vse; Abr. Fle [...] but rather for the supportation of him and his swarme, who before they will bate an ace of their gorgeous gallantnesse, the whole world shalbe co [...]sened. Such is the collusion of the pope, such be the shamelesse shifts of him and his cleargie for the maintenance of their owne courtlie brauerie, which is wicked vanitie; farre passing the pompe of anie prince, were the same of neuer so rare magnificence; as he well noteth that said full trulie:

—immenso princeps non visus in orbe est,
Cui tanti fastus tantáue pompa fuit.Antith. [...] & pap [...] pag 31 40.
Ingreditur quando miserae Babylonis in Vrbes,
Cernitur hîc plusquam regia pompa comes.
Huic equus est spumans ostró insignis & auro,
Altisono cuius sub pede terra fremit, &c.]

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