Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this moneth of Maie were sent out of Eng|land twelue hundred masons and carpenters,A castell bu [...]ded by the king at Tor|naie. and thrée hundred laborers to the citie of Tornaie; for the king and his councell considered that the garrison that was kept there was chargeable: and therefore it was determined that there should be builded a castell to chastise the citie if they rebelled, and to minish the garrison. And therefore these workemen were sent thither, which this yéere began a strong castell, and wrought still on it. In this yéere, by the cardinall were all men called to accompt that had [...]he occupi|eng of the kings monie in the warres or elsewhere,Iustice exec [...]|ted by cardi|nal Wolsie vp [...] offendors of sundrie qua [...]|ties and de|grees. not to euerie mans contentation: for some were found in arrerages, and some saued themselues by policie and briberie, and waxed rich, and some inno|cents were punished. And for a truth, he so punished periurie with open punishment, and open papers wearing, that in his time it was lesse vsed. He pu|nished also lords, knights, and men of all sorts, for riots bearing and mainteining in their countries, that the poore men liued quietlie: who perceiuing that he punished the rich, complained without number, and brought manie an honest man to trouble and vexation.

Now when the cardinall at the last perceiued their vntrue surmises,Erection of new courts by the kings commissio [...]. and feined complaints for the most part, he then waxed wearie of hearing their causes, and ordeined by the kings commission diuerse vnder courts to beare complaints by bill of poore people. The one was kept in the White hall, the other before the kings almoner doctor Stokesleie, a man that had more learning than discretion to be a iudge, the EEBO page image 839 third was kept in the lord treasurors chamber be|side the starre chamber, and the fourth at the rols at the after noone. These courts were greatlie haunted for a time: but at the last the people perceiued that much delaie was vsed in these courts, and few mat|ters ended, and when they were ended, they bound no man by the law; then euerie man was werie of them and resorted to the common law.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 It was strange to sée the cardinall (a man not skil|led in the laws) fit in the seat of iudgement and pro|nounce the law, being aided at the first by such as (ac|cording to the ancient custome) did sit as associats with him: but he would not sticke to determine sun|drie causes, neither rightlie decided nor adiudged by order of law. And againe, such as were cleare cases, he would sometime prohibit the same to passe, call them into iudgement, frame an order in controuer|sies, and punish such as came with vntrue surmises afore the iudges, & sharpelie reprooue the negligence of the iudges themselues, which had receiued such sur|mises, and not well considered of the controuersies of the parties. [...]. Hall. And such was the administration of the cardinall vnder a colour of iustice at the first: Polydor. but bicause the same seemed at length to be but a verie shadow or colour in déed, it quicklie vanished awaie, he taking vpon him the whole rule himselfe, for that he saw the king made small account of anie other but onelie of him.