Trulie said the king,The kings answer wher|in their sute is denied. you haue highlie displeased and offended vs, and you ought to waile and be sorie for the same.

And where as you saie that you the sub|stantiall EEBO page image 844 persons were not consenting to the same, it appeareth to the contrarie. For you neuer mooued to let them, nor stirred once to fight with them, which you say were so small a number of light persons. Wherefore we must thinke, and you can not denie, that you did winke at the matter, but at this time we will grant to you neither our fauour nor good will, nor to the offendors mercie, but resort to the cardi|nall our lord chancellour, and he shall make you an answer, and declare our pleasure.

On the eightéenth day of this moneth, the quéene of Scots,The quéene of Scots retur|neth toward Scotland. which had béene at the court, and at Bai|nards castell, a whole yeare at the kings charge, and was richlie appointed of all things méet to hir estate, both of iewels, plate, tapistrie, arras, coine, horsses, & all other things of the kings gift & liberalitie, de|parted out of London toward Scotland with great riches, albeit she came into England with great po|uertie, and she entered into Scotland the thirtéenth daie of Iune, whome hir husband receiued at Ber|wike, but the Englishmen smallie regarded him. All hir charges within the realme, comming to the court and returning, were of the kings pursse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king cõ|meth to West|minster hall, and there sit|teth in iudge|ment himselfe.On thursdaie the two & twentith daie of Maie, the king came into Westminster hall, for whome at the vpper end was set a cloth of estate, and the place han|ged with arras. With him was the cardinall, the dukes of Norffolke and Suffolke, the earles of Shrewsburie, of Essex, of Wiltshire, & Surrie, with manie lords and other of the kings councell. The ma|ior & aldermen, with all the chiefe of the citie were there in their best liuerie (according as the cardinall had appointed them) by nine of the clocke. Then the king commanded that all the prisoners should bée brought foorth, so that in came the poore yoonglings and old false knaues bound in ropes all along, one af|ter another in their shirts, and euerie one a halter a|bout his necke, to the number of foure hundred men, and eleuen women. And when all were come before the kings presence, the cardinall sore laid to the ma|ior and communalti [...] their negligence, and to the pri|soners he declared that they had deserued death for their offense. Then all the prisoners togither cried; Mercie gratious lord, mercie. Herewith the lords al|togither besought his grace of mercie, at whose sute the king pardoned them all.The kings gratious and generall pardon. Then the cardinall gaue vnto them a good exhortation, to the great gladnesse of the hearers.