Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ Some write, that the cheefest cause which mooued king Henrie to refuse to ioine his sonne earle Ri|chard and the ladie Alice, Polydor. daughter vnto the French king in marriage togither, was, for that he was lin|ked in the combersome chaine of hot burning loue with the same ladie, and therefore he sought all the shifts of excuses & delaies that might be imagined; so that it appeared he had no mind to part with hir. The truth was (as writers affirme) he had alreadie persuaded hir to satisfie his lust, insomuch that he li|ked hir so well, that he ment to be diuorsed from his wife quéene Elianor, and to marrie this yoong ladie, which if he might bring to passe, and haue children by hir, he purposed to disherit those which he had by Elianor, and to make the other which he should haue by Adela his legitimat and lawfull heires. Rog. Houed. Yet before they departed from this communication, a truce was taken to endure till the feast of S. Hilarie. And Henrie bishop of Alba a cardinall that was sent from the pope to end this controuersie betwixt these two mightie princes, accursed Richard earle of Poi|ctou, for that by his meanes the troubles rose and were continued betwixt them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The towne of Beuerley,Beuerley burnt. with the church of saint Iohn the archbishop, was in maner wholie consumed with fire, on the 20. of September. Also the same yeare died William of Sempringham,William de Sempring|ham decesseth. the author and first founder of the religious order of Sem|pringham. Moreouer Gilbert de Ogerstan a knight templer put in trust by king Henrie, with others,Gilbert de Ogerstan. to gather the tenths towards the reléefe of the holie land, was prooued to vse falshood in the receipt, and so was deliuered vnto the maister of the temple at London to be punished according to the statutes of his order. Also this yere in the vigill of S. Laurence, there was séene at Dunstable by diuerse persons a figure of the crosse verie long and large in the aire, with the shape of a crucifix thereon,A strange ap|perance in the aire. and streames of bloud to their sight seemed to run out of the wounds of the feet, hands and sides. This strange appearance continued in sight from noone till almost night.

¶ Some will déeme this a méere fable, and saie it sauoureth of grosse superstition and idolatrie, where|vpon they will conclude that no such fragments pou|dered with papistrie should be inserted into a chroni|cle. But (to auoid all suspicion of iustifieng the fan|sies of men) note you this, that in the ecclesiasticall historie, no small number of things no lesse strange and true than this seemeth vaine and false, are recor|ded; yea euen touching the verie crosse. But consi|dering that this our age is verie nice and deintie in making choise of matter pleasing their owne humor we will not wade too farre in this kind of argu|ment, which we know may as soone offend as it is ta|ken, as a thorne may pricke, or a netle sting when it is touched. Neuerthelesse, we would not wish that the forme of a thing should be quite condemned for some scandalous peoples pleasures, whome nothing will please, vnlesse it come out of their owne drie|uat or casket of conceits.