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What trum|perie was in dosed in the lord legats chests.Now when they came into Cheape, one of the mu|lets brake from hir kéeper, and ouerthrew the chests, and ouerturned two or thrée other mulets carriages, which fell with such a violence, that diuerse of them vnlocked; & out of some fell old hosen, broken shooes, and roasted flesh, peeces of bread, egges, and much vile baggage. At which sight the boies cried; Sée, sée my lord legats treasure: and so the muletters were ashamed, and tooke vp all their stuffe and passed foorth. About thrée of the clocke in the after noone on the twentie ninth day of Iulie the said legat entered the citie, and in Southworke met him all the clergie of London, with crosses, censors, and copes, and censed him with great reuerence. The maior and aldermen, with all the occupations of the citie in their best liue|ries stood in the stréets, and him highlie honoured: to whome sir Thomas More made a bréefe oration in the name of the citie.

Now when he came to Paules, there he was recei|ued with bishops mitred, and vnder a canopie ente|tered the church: which canopie his seruants tooke for their fees. And when he had offered, he gaue his bene|diction to all the people, & tooke againe his mule, & so with all his traine aforesaid was conueied to Bath place, and there rested: where he was welcommed of cardinall of Yorke. On sundaie next insuing,The glorious shewes or pompous port of the two car|dinals going to the court. these two cardinals as legats tooke their barges, & came to Gréenewich, ech of them had besides their crosses two pillers of siluer, two little axes gilt, and two cloake-bags embrodered, & the cardinals ha [...]s borne before them. And when they came to the kings hall, the cardinall of Yorke went on the right hand: and there the king roiallie apparelled and accompanied, met them euen as though both had come from Rome and so brought them both vp into his chamber of pre|sence.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then a solemne oration was made by an Italian, declaring the cause of the legacie to be in two arti|cles, one for aid against Gods enimies, and the se|cond for reformation of the clergie. And when masse was doone, they were had to a chamber, and serued of lords and knights, with much solemnitie: and after dinner they tooke their leaue of the king, and came to London, and rode through the citie togither, in great pompe and glorie to their lodgings.] This cardinall Campeius for his fréendship shewed in hel|ping the cardinall of England to the bishoprike of Bath, was considered (besides other great rewards) with the bishoprike of Salisburie, the profits where|of he receiued, vntill the act was established, that no forrenner should inioie anie spirituall benefice with|in this realme. But for the chéefest errand that this cardinall Campeius came, he could haue no toward answer: which was (as you haue heard) to haue lea|uied a summe of monie by waie of tenths in this realme, to the maintenance of the warre in defense of the christian confines against the Turke.

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