[1] [2] Now beside these iustices and sergeant, Thom. Wals. there were called at that present vnto Notingham, all other iu|stices of the realme, and the shiriffes. Also, diuerse of the citie of London, which the king knew would in|cline to his will, the rather; for that some of them, hauing aforetime confessed treason against the king by them imagined, and obteining pardon for the same, were readie at his commandement, to recom|pense such fauour, in the accomplishment of whatso|euer they knew might stand with his pleasure. Here|vpon, they being impanelled to inquire of certeine treasons that were supposed to be committed by the lords, which in the last parlement had so caused things to passe, contrarie to the kings pleasure,The lords indicted of di|uerse offenses indicted the same lords of manie crimes informed against them, ¶The Londoners indeed were euill reported of in those daies, by some writers, for their vnstablenesse, one while holding on the kings part, and with such as were chéefe in counsell about him; and an other while on the lords side that were of a contrarie faction: ac|cording as the streame of their affections draue them, and as they were carried awaie perforce by the floud of their variable willes, whereby they were di|uided into differing passions, as they were assaul|ted by sundrie and vncerteine desires: which is the nature of the people, as the poet noteth, saieng:

Scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus.