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Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the tenth of Aprill, king Henrie assembled the EEBO page image 66 péeres & great lords of his realme togither at Wal|lingford, [...]ic. Treuet. and caused them to sweare allegiance vnto his eldest sonne William: prouiding, that if he chan|ced to die, Matth. Paris. Nic. Treuet. Hugh de Mortimer. The castell of Cleberie. then they should doo the like vnto his bro|ther Henrie. Also whereas Hugh de Mortimer had fensed his castels against king Henrie, he besieged the same, and taking the castell of Cleberie, he de|stroied it. Wherevpon, the foresaid Hugh shortlie af|ter was at peace with the king, and surrendred to him the two castels of Wigmore and Bridgenorth, which hitherto he had holden. Moreouer, whereas there was variance kindled betwixt the king, and Roger Fitz Miles of Glocester (who was earle of Hereford) for the lands of Glocester,Roger Fitz Miles. that variance was also quenched: for after the same Roger was dead, his brother Walter succeeding him in the earl|dome of Hereford, was constreined to depart with the citie of Glocester, which the king held and retei|ned in his owne hands.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the second yeare of his reigne, king Henrie went to Yorke,

Anno Reg. 2. The king go|eth into the north.

The castell of Scarborough Wil. Paruus. Nic. Treuet. The death of the kings son William.

and in that countrie tooke into his hands diuers castels which had béene long in possessi|on of priuate men; namelie, the castell of Scarbor|rough, which William earle of Albemarle held, and now was constreined to resigne it vp, full sore a|gainst his will. This yeare William the kings el|dest sonne departed this life, and was buried at Rea|ding. The realme of England was brought on all sides into verie good quiet; but yer long, word came to K. Henrie,Geffrey the kings brother rebelleth. that his brother Geffrey had begun a rebellion on the other side of the sea. For their father Geffrey (when he died) left thrée sonnes behind him, Henrie, Geffrey, and William, ordeining by his te|stament, when Henrie should haue gotten possession of England and Normandie, that then the countrie of Aniou should remaine vnto Geffrey, and in the meane time, he to haue these three townes, Chinon, Lodun, and Mirabell, to mainteine his estate; and when the time came that the whole heritage should fall vnto him, he [...]ight by possession of these thrée haue a readier meane to come by all the rest. Fur|thermore, fearing least his eldest sonne Henrie (who as then was absent) would not consent to the perfor|mance of this his will, Wil. Paruus. he caused certeine bishops and other of the Nobles to sweare, that they should not suffer his bodie to be committed to buriall, till his sonnes had sworne to fulfill his last will and te|stament in all other things, but especiallie in this be|halfe, wherin he iudged not amisse. For though Hen|rie was loth to take his oth, yet bicause his fathers bodie should not remaine vnburied, he was conten|ted to sweare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But after he had obteined the kingdome of Eng|land, his couetous desire, increasing still with abun|dance alreadie obteined, found meanes to procure of pope Adrian the fourth (who was an Englishm [...]n borne) a dispensation for that oth:Pope Adrian an Englsh|man borne. A dispensatiõ for an oth. Nic. Treuet. wherevpon (hauing got licence to depart from the office both of right, law and equitie) neglecting his fathers ordinance, he passed ouer into Normandie, and making war a|gainst his brother the said Geffrey, easilie expelled him out of those places, which were assigned him by bequest in his fathers testament, and so tooke the earledome of Aniou into his owne possession. How|beit, he gaue vnto his said brother a pension of a thousand pounds English, & two thousand pounds of the monie of Aniou, with the towne of Lodun, and certeine other lands to liue vpon; who neuerthelesse thinking himselfe euill vsed at the kings hands, re|belled and died.

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