Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 About this time did Iohn Wicliffe chieflie set foorth his opinion touching the sacrament of the al|tar, denieng the doctrine of transubstantiation,Wicliffes opi|nion. and that it ought not in any wise to be worshipped in such sort as the church of Rome then did teach. ¶ There were ambassadors sent into Germanie, to treat with the emperour for a marriage to be had, betwixt the king of England, and the emperours sister. About the beginning of March they returned, bringing with them the cardinall, intituled of saint Praxed, and the duke of Tarsilia, and other nobles that came from the emperor, to treat with the king & his coun|cell about the same marriage. This cardinall,The cardinal of Praxed. whe|ther he passed the bounds of his commission and au|thoritie to him granted by the pope (as some write) or whether he was furnished with such faculties, he was very liberall in bestowing of them abrode on all such as would come with monie. Indulgences, which the pope had vsed onelie to reserue for himselfe to be|stow, this man granted the same liberallie, both bi|ennals and triennals.Triennals. He gaue also letters confes|sionall, EEBO page image 429 to all those that would paie for them, admit|ting aswell beneficed men as other,All for monie. to be the popes chapleins. He made notaries for monie, and denied not altars portatiue to anie that would pay for them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 He receiued fortie pounds, besides other gifts, of the moonks of the Cisteaux order, to grant to them a generall licence to eat flesh indifferentlie as well abroad, as they had béene accustomed to doo at home within their monasteries. To those that were excom|municate he gaue absolution: those that had vowed to go in pilgrimage to Rome, to the holie land, or to saint Iames, he would not first release them, till he had receiued so much monie, according to the true valuation, as they should haue spent in their iornies: and to be bréefe, nothing could be asked, but for monie he was readie to grant it. And when he was reque|sted to shew by what power he did all these things, with great indignation he answered, that he would let them vnderstand at Rome, if they would needs know the authoritie which he had. At length his males were so filled with siluer, that his seruants disdained to make them anie answer, except they brought gold saieng; Bring vs gold, for we are full of your siluer. But at his departure he tooke all awaie with him, both gold and siluer in such abundance as was mar|uellous. This hath beene the practise of the Roma|nists from time to time, wherevpon grew this com|mon byword (taxing the polling and shauing shifts of that execrable see, gaping gulfe, and insatiable sea)

Curia Romana non quaerit ouem sine lana.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now to returne to other matters concerning the state of the realme. After the returne of the earle of Buckingham, it was ordeined by aduise of the councell, that the duke of Lancaster should eftsoones go as ambassador from king Richard into Scotland, to see if he might renew the truce (which shortlie would haue beene expired) for three yéeres longer. Al|so whereas there was variance and open war main|teined, betwixt Iohn king of Castile, and Iohn king of Portingale, the earle of Cambridge, the lord Wil|liam de Beauchampe, the lord Botreux, and sir Mat|thew Gournie,An armie sent into Portin|gale to aid the king there a|gainst the K. of Castile. were sent into Portingale with fiue hundred armed men, and fiue hundred archers to aid the king of Portingale against the king of Castile, who was sonne to the bastard Henrie: for the duke of Lancaster reioised greatlie, that he might haue such a fréend as the king of Portingale, to ioine with him in aid against the king of Castile; meaning (as soone as opportunitie would serue) to go ouer with an armie to chalenge his right, and pursue his claime to the crowne of Castile and Leon, against the vsurper, in right of his wife quéene Constance, eldest daughter to the late lawfull king Peter, whom Henrie the bastard as before (yée haue heard) did still persecute, till he had bereft from him both his life and kingdome.