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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the middest of Lent, there was a great parlement holden,A parlement. to the which the maisters of the Uniuersitie of Oxford were summoned, that peace might be concluded betwixt them and the bishop of Lincolne, which had them in suit about their liber|ties. There came to the same parlement, the earle of Glocester, and sir Iohn Mansell, latelie returned out of Almaine, where they had béene on ambassage from Richard the elect king of Almaine. Thither came also the same elect king of Almaine, and almost all the Nobilitie of the realme, so that scarse might the citie of London receiue the number that repai|red to that parlement. Matth. Paris. The king of Almaine meant to take his leaue at that time of the lords and péeres of the realme, purposing shortlie after, to take his iournie towards Almaine, and to ordeine the bishop of London gouernor of all his lands and possessions within England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this parlement, the lord Edmund the kings yoonger sonne was shewed as king of Naples and Sicill,The lord Ed|mund the kings sonne. for the obteining of the possession of which dominions and kingdoms, his father king Henrie demanded no small subsidie and aid of monie,A subsidie demanded. both of the temporaltie and also of the spiritualtie, but nam|lie, he required to haue the tenths of spirituall mens liuings for the terme of fiue yeares, according to the new taxations without any deductions to be allowed except necessarie expenses: also, the fruits for one yeare of benefices that chanced to fall void within the said terme of fiue yeare. Moreouer, sundrie other duties he required to ha [...]e of the [...]pirituall men, sore to their gréeuance, and speciallie, bicause they knew that such tyrannie first tooke beginning from the pope. In the end (though le [...]h they were to consent) yet conditionallie that the king would confirme the liberties contei [...]ed in the great charter, and obserue the same throughlie, now after it had béene so manie times brought out and redéemed, they offered to giue him towards his instant necessitie two and fiftie thousand marks,The offer of y^e spiritualtie. [...] recouerable danger of im|pouerishing the church. And yet, as it is said, the king refused the gift, as that which he thought not to be sufficient.