[1] Before the end of this solemne assemblie of states, [page 256] the archbishop of Cullen with a duke,The archbish. of Cullen and other ambas|sadors of Al|maine. & an other bi|shop came ouer out of Almaine, vnto their elect king Richard, to whome they did fealtie and homage, as to their souereigne liege lord and gouernor, which thing once doone, he gaue to the said archbishop fiue hun|dred marks to beare his charges, with a rich miter set with stones, & furnished with plates of beaten gold; which miter when the archbishop had set it vpon his head;

He hath (saith he) giuen a rich gift to me and to my church, and verelie, euen as I haue put this mi|ter on my head, so will I set on his head the crowne of the kingdome of Almaine; he hath mitered me, and I will crowne him.

The other lords of Almaine, which at the same time did homage vnto earle Ri|chard, were also presented with great and rich gifts.