[1] Further, they declared that till that present, his subiects (as was thought) had louinglie demeaned themselues towards him, in aiding him with their substance to the best of their powers, & that their de|sire was to vnderstand how those goods were spent. And further they said, they had one thing to declare vnto him, how that by an old ordinance it was ena|cted, that if the king should absent himselfe fourtie daies, not being sicke,Absence of the king from the parlement [...] the space of [...] daies. and refuse to come to the parle|ment, without regard to the charges of his people, and their great paines, they then may lawfullie re|turne home to their houses: and therefore sith he had béene absent a long time, and yet refused to come a|mong them, it was greatlie to their discomfort. To this the king (as we find) made this answer:

Well,The kings answer. we doo perceiue that our people and commons go a|bout to rise against vs: wherefore we thinke we can|not doo better than to aske aid of our cousine the French king, and rather submit vs vnto him than to our owne subiects.