[1] [2] [3] [4] Quid. 1. de art. But now to speake somewhat of the dooings in England in the meane time. Whilest the men of war were thus occupied in martiall feates, and dailie skirmishes, within the realme of France: ye shall vnderstand, that after the cardinall of Winchester, and the duke of Glocester, were (as it séemed) re|conciled either to other, yet the cardinall, and the archbishop of Yorke ceassed not to doo manie things without the consent of the king or of the duke,A new breach betwéene the duke of Glo|cester, and the bishop of Win|chester. being (during the minoritie of the king) gouernor and pro|tector of the realme, whereas the duke (as good cause he had) greatlie offended, therevpon in writing de|clared to the king, wherein the cardinall and the arch|bishop had offended both his maiestie, and the lawes of the realme. This complaint of the duke of Gloce|ster was conteined in foure and twentie articles, which chieflie rested, in that the cardinall had from time to time, through his ambitious desire to sur|mount all others in high degrées of honor and digni|tie, sought to inrich himselfe, to the great and notori|ous hinderance of the king, as in defrauding him not onelie of his treasure, but also in dooing and prac|tising things greatlie preiudiciall to his affaires in France, and namelie by setting at libertie the king of Scots, vpon so easie conditions, as the kings ma|iestie greatlie lost thereby, as in particularities thus followeth.