Compare 1577 edition: 1 Whilest the sentence was in reading, the king held his hand vpon his breast with glad and chéerefull countenance, and when in the end they threw awaie their extinct and smoking tapers, saieng,
So let them be extinguished and sinke into the pit of hell which run into the dangers of this sentence; the king said, So helpe me God, as I shall obserue and kéepe all these things, euen as I am a christian man, as I am a knight, and as I am a king crowned and annoin|ted.But afterward when he through other counsell brake his promise therein,Godlie coun|sell no doubt. he was aduised by some to giue a portion of that monie which he got at this time, to the Pope, that he might of him be absolued.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Immediatlie after the breaking vp of the parle|ment, that is to saie, about the first of Iune, the king being earnestlie called vpon by messengers sent from the Gascoignes to prouide in time for the de|fense and safegard of that countrie, sith otherwise he stood in danger to loose it,The king p [...]+poseth to go himselfe into Gascoigne with all speed he resolued to go thither; and therevpon caused summons to be gi|uen to all those that held of him by knights seruice, to prepare to be at Portesmouth, with horsse and ar|mour in the octaues of the Trinitie. Herewith he made great prouision of ships, the which being assem|bled, and the armie likewise come togither, through lacke of conuenient wind he was inforced to stay a long time, to his great gréefe and no lesse charges.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Finallie, on the 6 of August he tooke the sea,He taketh the sea. lea|uing his brother the earle of Cornewall, and the quéene in charge with gouernance of the realme, and of his sonne the lord Edward. There departed with him from Portesmouth thrée hundred sailes of great ships, besides a number of other smaller vessels. And thus accompanied, he tooke his course to Gascoigne, & about our ladie day named hir Assumption, he ar|riued at Burdeaux,He arriueth at Burdeaux. where he was of the citizens ho|norablie receiued. Immediatlie after his arriuall there, he caused the towne of the Rioll to be compas|sed about with a strong siege, within the which a great number of rebels were inclosed, which valiant|lie defended the place in hope of rescue, which Gaston de Bierne that was fled to the king of Spaine had promised to procure for them. But the king of Eng|land to preuent them in that point, sent the bishop of Bath,Ambassadors sent into Spaine. and his trustie chapleine sir Iohn Mansell vn|to the said king of Spaine, to conclude freendship and aliance with him, so that the lord Edward his eldest sonne might marrie the king of Spaine his daughter.