Compare 1577 edition: 1 Also at the same time, after the octaues of the E|piphanie, the duke of Yorke,A parlement at Westmin|ster, king Ri|chard being in Ireland. lord warden of Eng|land, now in the kings absence, caused a parlement to be called at Westminster, to the which was sent forth of Ireland the duke of Glocester, that he might declare to the commons the kings necessitie, to haue some grant of monie to supplie his want, hauing spent no small quantitie of treasure in that iournie made into Ireland. The dukes words were so well heard and beléeued, that a whole tenth was granted by the clergie, and a fiftéenth by the laitie; but not without protestation, that those paiements were granted of a meere good will, for the loue they bare to the king, and to haue his businesse go forwards, which because it required great expenses, both for that his owne roiall person was abiding in Ireland about the subduing of the rebels, as also because his retinue and power could not be mainteined without excessiue charges; they seemed to be no lesse desirous to haue the same ended, than they which were dailie agents in the same, not without feare of misfortune likelie to befall them, hauing to deale with a people of such barbarous and rebellious behauior.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the same time, those that followed Wickliffes opinions,The Wickle|uists wrote a|gainst the clergie. set vp publikelie on the church doore of Paules in London, and the church doores of West|minster, certeine writings, conteining accusations of the clergie, and conclusions, such as had not com|monlie béene heard, against ecclesiasticall persons, and the vse of the sacraments, as the church then mainteined. They were incouraged thus to doo, as it EEBO page image 482 was said, by some noble men, and knights of great worship, as sir Richard Sturrie, sir Lewes Clifford, sir Thomas Latimer, sir Iohn Montacute, & others, who comforted & pricked forward those kind of men, then called heretikes & Lollards, to the confounding of monks, friers, and other religious persons, by all waies they might. Herevpon, the archbishop of Yorke, the bishop of London, and certeine other as messengers from the whole state of the clergie,The clergie complaine to the king of the Wickleuists, and their fa|uorers. passed ouer into Ireland, where, to the king they made a grieuous complaint, as well against those that had framed and set foorth such writings, as against them that mainteined them in their dooings, and therefore besought him with spéed to returne home into Eng|land, there to take such order, for the restreining of those misordered persons, as vnto the reliefe of the church might be thought expedient, being then in great danger of susteining irrecouerable losse and damage, if good reformation were not the sooner had. King Richard hearing these things, vpon good deli|beration had in the matter, determined to returne home, but first on the day of the Annuntiation of our ladie,

K. Richard knighteth the foure Irish kings, and others.

Froissard.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This doone, and now after that they were set in quiet in that countrie (the rebels not being so hardie as to stirre, whilest such a mightie armie was there readie at hand to assaile them) the king about Ea|ster came backe into England without anie more a|doo,K. Richard returneth out of Ireland. so that the gaine was thought nothing to coun|teruaile the charges, which were verie great: for the king had ouer with him in that iournie, foure thou|sand men of armes, and thirtie thousand archers, as Froissard saith he was informed by an English es|quier that had béene in that iournie. The king at his comming ouer, did not forget what complaint the archbishop of Yorke, and the bishop of London had exhibited to him, against those that were called Lol|lards, and heretiks, wherevpon immediatlie, he cal|led before him certeine of the noble men,K. Richards dealings a|gainst the fa|uorers of the Wickleuists. that were thought and knowne to fauour such kind of men, threatning terriblie, if from thence foorth they should in anie wise comfort and relieue them. He caused sir Richard Sturrie to receiue an oth, that he should not mainteine from that day forward anie such erro|nious opinions, menacing him, and as it were, co|uenanting with him by an interchangeable oth, that if euer he might vnderstand, that he did violate and breake that oth, he should die for it a most shamefull death.