[1] Here will we leaue earle Iohn conferring with the French king, Wil. Paruus. and returne to the king of Eng|land. Upon Palmesundaie after that he was deliue|red (or rather betraied) into the emperours hands, he was brought before the princes and lords of the em|pire,The empe|rour chargeth king Richard with iniuries doone to the Sicilians. in whose presence the emperour charged him with diuerse vnlawfull dooings: and namelie picked a quarell at him for the wrongs and hurts doone to the Sicilians in time of his soiourning in their Ile, as he went towards the holie land. For albeit the said emperour had nothing as then to doo in the countrie, yet for somuch as he had latelie recouered the Ile of Sicile out of king Tancreds hands, and was now intituled king thereof by the pope, in right of his wife Constance, the daughter of Roger king of Si|cile, and so by reason therof seemed to be gréeuouslie offended with him for his dooings about the recoue|ring of the monie from Tancred, which neuerthe|lesse was iustlie due vnto his sister for hir dowrie, as in the processe afore I haue alreadie declared. King Richard notwithstanding these vaine and other fri|uolous obiections laid to his charge, W. Paruus. Matth. West. The kings wisedome in making his answere. made his an|swears alwaies so pithilie and directlie to all that could be laid against him, and excused himselfe in e|uerie point so throughlie, that the emperour much maruelled at his high wisedome and prudence, and not onelie greatlie commended him for the fame, but from thencefoorth vsed him more courteouslie, and suffered that his fréends might haue accesse to him more fréelie than before they could be permitted.