All things being by him perfected, the king ad|uanced to his roiall enterprise, passed the seas, and marched forward in good order of battell, vntill he came to the strong towne of Terwine, to the which he laid his siege, and assailed it verie stronglie conti|nuallie with such vehement assaults,Sée before pag 821, 822. that within short space it was yéelded vnto his maiestie, vnto the which place the emperor Maximilian repaired vnto the king with a great armie like a mightie prince, ta|king of the king his graces wages: which is a rare thing, and but seldome seene, an emperor to fight vnder a kings banner.

Thus after the king had obteined this puissant fort and taken the possession thereof, and set all things there in due order, for the defense and preseruation thereof to his vse, he departed thense, and marched toward the citie of Torneie, and there laid his siege in like maner, to the which he gaue so fierce & sharpe assault, that they were constreined of fine force to render the towne vnto his victorious maiestie: at which time the king gaue the almoner the bishoprike of the same see,Thomas Wolseie bi|shop of Tor| [...]ie in Frãce. towards his paines and diligence su|steined in that iournie. Now when the king had esta|blished all things agréeable to his will and pleasure, and furnished the same with noble capteines & men of warre for the safegard of the towne, he returned againe into England, taking with him diuerse no|ble personages of France being prisoners, as the duke of Longuile, and vicount Clarimont, with o|ther which were taken there in a skirmish.

After whose returne, immediatlie the sée of Lin|colne fell void, by the death of doctor Smith late bi|shop there, the which benefice his grace gaue to his almoner, late bishop of Torneie elect, who was not negligent to take possession therof,Thomas Wolseie bi|shop of Lin|colne. and made all the spéed he could for his consecration: the solemnization whereof ended, he found meanes that he gat the pos|session of all his predecessors goods into his hands. It was not long after that doctor Benbrike archbi|shop of Yorke died at Rome,Sée pag. 835. being there the kings ambassador, vnto the which sée the king immediatlie presented his late and new bishop of Lincolne; so that he had thrée bishopriks in his hands in one yeere giuen him.