[1] Now king Iohn being aduertised of that ouer|throw, was maruellouslie sad and sorrowfull for the chance, in somuch that he would not receiue any meat in a whole daie after the newes thereof was brought vnto him.The saieng of king Iohn. At length turning his sorrow in|to rage, he openlie said,

that since the time that he made himselfe & his kingdom subiect to the church of Rome, nothing that he did had prospered well with him.

Indéed he condescended to an agréement with the pope (as may be thought) more by force than of de|uotion, and therefore rather dissembled with the pope (sith he could not otherwise choose) than agreed to the couenants with any hartie affection.