Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Henrie being sollicited with letters, not one|lie from his father in law, but also from diuerse other noble men of Poictou, who willinglie would haue beene vnder his gouernement,Sundrie opi|nions in the kings coun|cellers. asked aduise of his councell what he ought to doo in the matter. Some were of opinion, that sith there had béene a truce ta|ken betwixt the kings, it were not reason in anie wise to breake the same: but some other thought, that sith the Frenchmen in times past had taken from king Iohn his lawfull heritage in Normandie and Poictou, and wrongfullie deteined the same still in their possession without restitution, it could not be at anie time vnlawfull vpon occasion giuen to reco|uer the same out of their hands. This opinion was allowed for good, and the best that might be both of the king & also of the earle of Cornewall, who was latelie returned from his iournie which he had made into the holie land.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now all the staie rested in gathering of mo|nie, which being earnestlie demanded in a parlement begun at Westminster the tuesdaie before Candle|masse, was as stifflie denied, alledging in excuse their often paiments of subsidies and reléefes, which had béene gathered sith the comming of the king to his crowne, as the thirtéenth, fiftéenth, sixteenth and fortieth parts of all their mooueable goods, besides charugage,Charugage a certeine dutie for euerie Plowland. hidage, and sundrie escuages, namelie the great escuage granted for the marriage of his sister the empresse: and also beside the thirtieth with|in foure yeares last past, or thereabouts, granted to him, which they thought remained vnspent, bicause it could not be vnderstood about what necessarie affai|res for the common-wealth it should be laid foorth and imploied, whereas the same was leuied vpon condition, that it should remaine in certeine castels, and not to be expended but by the aduise of foure péeres of the realme, as the earle of Warren, and o|thers. Moreouer, they alledged, that the escheats and amercements which had béene gathered of late were such as must néeds fill the kings coffers: & so to con|clude, they would not consent to grant any subsidie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Howbeit, the king so handled the matter with the richer sort, and namelie those of the spiritualtie, that partlie by gift and partlie by borrowing, he got togither a great masse of treasure, and so prepared an armie and ships to passe ouer into Gascoine with all conuenient speed. In the meane time, bicause he would leaue things in more suertie at home,The bishops of Durham sent into Scotland. he sent the bishop of Durham into Scotland, by whose dili|gence a marriage was concluded betwixt the lord Alexander eldest sonne to the king of Scots, and the ladie Margaret daughter to king Henrie.

The king of Scots war|den of the En+glish mar|shes.

The archbi|shop of Yorke gouernor of the realme.