Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 King Henrie being hereof [...]uertised, [...] all spéed Stephan Bauzan, Nic. Treuet. Stephan Bauzan, [...] Baucan. of man skilfull in [...] warie, wi [...] a great number of soldiers into Wal [...] against the rebels, who comming into that countrie, and entring into the lands of a Welsh [...] EEBO page image 255 Rise Uaughan, was intrapt by such ambushments as his enimies laid for him, and thereby was slaine with the more part of his armie.Englishmen ouerthrowne. This ouerthrowe chanced by the treason of Griffin de Brunet, who at that present reuolting from the English side to his countrimen, instructed them in all things, how they might vanquish their enimies. At that time, North|wales and Southwales ioined in league and fréend|lie amitie togither,Northwales and South|wales ioined togither in league. which commonlie was not séene in those daies, they being for the more part at vari|ance, the one rather séeking still how to indamage the other: but now in defense of their liberties (as they pretended) they agreed in one.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king sore mooued herewith, determined to go himselfe into Wales, that he might take worthie punishment of those his aduersaries, that could ne|uer be sufficientlie chastised. Wherevpon raising a great power,The king passeth him|selfe in person into Wales. he hasted foorth, and comming into Wales, put the rebels in such feare, that they with|drew to their accustomed places of refuge, I meane the woods and mareshes. The king would faine haue had them foorth, that he might haue punished them according to their deserts, and therefore to bring his purpose the better to passe, he sent for an armie of soldiers into Ireland, and tarried for their comming at the castell of Brecknoke, but the yeare was farre spent yer his people could be gathered, so that by the aduise of his lords he strengthened certeine castels, and so returned for that yeare into England, leauing the lord Roger Mortimer his lieutenant in Wales, to resist the rebels.The lord Mortimer the kings lieute|nant in Wales Polydor. But now let vs speake of other dooings which chanced in the meane while that the warres thus continued and lasted betwixt England and Wales.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Yée shall vnderstand, that in the Lent season, the archbishop of Messina came as legat from the pope hither into England,A legat from Rome. Matth. Paris. with letters of procuration, to demand and receiue, and also with power, to punish such as should denie and séeme to resist, and so being here arriued with a great traine of seruants and hor|ses, he sent foorth his commandements in writing to euerie prelat, to prouide him monie by way of proxie so that of the house of S. Albons, and of the celles that belonged therevnto, he had one and twentie marks, and when the moonks of S. Albons came to visit him in his house, they could not be permitted to depart, but were kept as prisoners, till they had sa|tisfied his couetous demand: for whereas they alled|ged that they had not brought any monie with them, he asked them whie they were such beggers, and fur|ther said, Send yée then to some merchant, that will lend you monie, and so it was doone: for otherwise they might not haue libertie to depart. This archbi|shop was of the order of the Friers preachers,A new order of Friers. in whome (saith Matthew Paris) we had hoped to haue found more abundant humilitie. About the same time, there appeared at London a new order of Fri|ers, not knowen till those daies, hauing yet the popes autentike bulles, which they openlie shewed, so that there séemed a confusion of manie orders, as the same Matthew Paris recordeth, and bicause they were apparelled in sackecloth, they were called sac|ked Friers.