kyng: if in case that the Abbot had bene at home. Whereupon, the Abbot (beyng thus disappoynted) was fayne to fill hys siluer flagon a fresh, & make a new course to Rome to hys father the Pope, of whom he receyued his consecration, and so came home agayne with as much witte as he went forth: but not with so much mony peraduenture as he went withall.

We haue declared a little aboue, pag. 207. touching the actes and doynges of this Pope Alexander the 3. howe he had brought the Emperours head vnder hys foote in S. Markes church at Venice: at which tyme and place peace was concluded, and a composition made betwene the Pope and the sayd Friderike the Emperor. MarginaliaHouedenus.
Gisburgensis.
1177.Which pacification, Rog. Houedenus and Gualterus Gisburgensis, referre to this tyme beyng the yeare of our Lord. 1177. bringyng in two seuerall letters sent from the sayd Pope to Richard Archbishop of Canterbury, and to Roger Archbishop of Yorke, and Hugh bishop of Duresme. Out of the which letters (so much as serueth to our purpose) I haue taken and here inserted.

ALexander, seruaunt of the seruaunts of God, to his reuerend brethren Roger Archbishop of Yorke, and Hugh byshop of Duresme greetyng, and Apostolicall blessing. The obsequy and seruice of your kinde deuotion, which hitherto you are knowen to haue geuen both deuoutly & laudably to vs and to the Church: requireth that we should describe to you as to our speciall friendes, the prosperous successe of the church: & to let you know as spiritual children of the church, what hath happened to the same. For meete it is, conuenient, and also honest, that you whom we haue had so firme, and sure in our deuotion: should now be cherished and made ioyous in the prosperitie of vs and of the Churche. And about the ende of the Epistle it followeth thus.

MarginaliaA meeke Emperour and a proud popeThe next day followyng, which was the feast of saint Iames (the sayd Emperour so requestyng) we came to the foresayd church at S. Marke, there to celebrate our solemn Masse: where (as we were commyng in the way) the sayd Emperour met vs without the church, and placing vs again on hys right hand, brought vs so into the said church. After the Masse was done, placing vs agayne on his right hande: he brought vs to the church dore. MarginaliaThe Emperour holdeth the popes stirrupAnd moreouer, when we should take our palfrey, he held our stirrup: exhibityng to vs such honor and reuerence, as his progenitours were wōt to exhibite to our predecessors. Wherfore, these shall be to incite your diligēce and study towardes vs: that you reioice with vs and the church in these our prosperous successes, & also that you shall open the same effect of peace to other deuout childrē of the church: that suche as be touched with the zeale of the house of the Lord, may congratulate and reioyce also in the Lord, for the great workyng of peace which he hath geuen. Geuen at Venice in the deepe ryuer, the. xxvi. of Iuly.

This yere the contention reuiued agayne, spoken of a little before, Pag. 174. betwene þ^e two Archbishops of Yorke and Cāterbury. The occasion whereof was this. The maner and practise of the Pope is, when he beginneth to lacke money, he sendeth some limityng Cardinall abrode: to fetch hys haruest in. So there came this yeare into England (as lightly few yeares were without them) a certaine Cardinall from Rome called Hugo, or as Houedenus nameth him, Hugezim, who would needes keepe a Councell at Westm. To this Councell resorted a great confluence (about middle of Lent) of bishops, Abbots, Priors, Doctors, & such other of the Clergy. As euery one was there placed in his order, and after his degree: first commeth the Archbishop of Yorke named Roger: MarginaliaContention betwene two Archbishops who should sit on the ryght hand of the Cardinall.who (thinkyng to preuent the other Archbishop) came somethyng sooner, and straightway placed hymselfe on the right hand of the Cardinall. Richard þ^e Archbishop of Cant. followyng shortly after: and seing the first place taken vp, refuseth to take the second: complayning of the Archb. of Yorke, as one preiudiciall to hys see. So, while the one would not ryse, and the other not sit down: rose no small contention betwene them two. The Archb. of Canterbury claymed the vpper seat by the preheminence of hys church. Contrary, the Archb. of Yorke alledged for him the old decree of Gregory, wherof mencion is made before, pag. 119. By which this order was taken betwene the two Metropolitanes of Canterbury and of Yorke: that, which of them two should be first in election, he should haue the pre-heminence in dignity, and go before the other. Thus they contending to and fro, waxed so warme in wordes, that at last they turned to hote blowes. How strong the Archbishop of Yorke was in reason and argument I cannot tell: but the Archbishop of Cant. was stronger at the armes end. Whose seruauntes beyng mo in number (like valiant men) not suffering theyr maister to take such a foyle: so preuailed against Yorke (sitting on the right hand of the Cardinall) that they pluckt hym downe from the hand, to the foote of the Cardinall vpon the ground: treadyng & tramplyng vpon hym with theyr feete, that maruell it was he escaped with lyfe. Hys Casule, Chimer, and Rochet, were all to be rente and torne from hys backe. Here no reason would take place, no debatyng would serue, no praying could be heard: such clamour and tumulte was there in the house among them: much lyke to the tumult, which Virgill describeth.

Ac veluti in magno populo cum sæpe coorta est
Seditio, sæuitq; animis ignobile vulgus,
Iamq; faces & saxa volant, furor arma ministrat.

Now, as the first part of this description doth well agree: so some peraduenture wyll looke agayne, that accordyng to the latter parte also of the same: my Lord Cardinall wyth sagenesse and grauitie (after the manner of the olde Romaynes, standing vp) shoulde haue ceased and alayed the disturbaunce: accordyng to that which followeth in the Poete.

Tum pietate grauem meritis si forte virum quem
Conspexere, silent, arrectisq; auribus astant:
Ille regit mentes dictis, et pectora mulcet. &c.

But what dyd the noble Romaine Cardinall? Lyke a prety man of hys handes (but a pretier man of hys feete) standyng vp in the midst, and seing the house in such a broil, committed hymself to flight, & (as Houedenus writeth) abscondit se a facie illorum. The next day after, the Archbishop of Yorke bringeth to the Cardinall hys rochet, to beare witnesse what iniury and violence he had susteyned: appealyng and cityng vp the Archbishop of Caunterbury with certaine of his men, to the bishop of Rome. And thus the holy councell (the same daye it was begon) brake vp and was dissolued.

MarginaliaThe large dominion of K. Henry the. 2.Vnder the raigne of this king Henry the 2. the dominion and crowne of England extended so farre as hath not bene sene in this Realme before hym, whome histories record to possesse vnder hys rule and iurisdiction, first MarginaliaHomage of Scotlād in paine of interdictionScotland, to whom William kyng of Scots, wyth all the lordes temporall and spirituall dyd homage, both for them and for their successors (the seale whereof remayneth in the kings treasury) as also Ireland, England, Normandy, Aquitane, Gaunt. &c. vnto the mountaynes of Pireney, which be in the vttermost partes of the great Ocean in the British sea: MarginaliaK. Henry the 2. protector of Frauncebeyng also protector of Fraunce, to whom Phillip the French kyng yelded both hymselfe and Realme wholy to his gouernance, an. 1181. MarginaliaK. Henry chosen king of Ierusalē and refused it.Moreouer, he was offered also to be king of Ierusalem, by the Pairiarche and maister of the hospital there: who then beyng distressed by the Soldane, brought hym the keyes of theyr citie, desiring his aide agaynst the infidels: which offer he than refused, alledging the great charge which he had at home, and the rebellion of his sonnes, which might happen in hys absence.

¶ And here, the olde histories finde a great fault with the kyng for his refusall, declaring that to be the cause of Gods plagues, which after ensued vpon him, by his children: as the Patriarche (in his Oration, beyng offended wyth the kyng) prophecied should so happen to him for the same cause. MarginaliaAyde not to be denyed to our neighbors the cause beyng godly.Which story if it be true, it may be a lesson to good princes: not to deny their necessary helpe to theyr distressed neyghbors, especially the cause appertayning vnto God.

MarginaliaEx Polichronico.
Ex Giraldo Cambriensi.The wisedome, discretion, manhoode, and riches of this Prince was so spred and ronoumed through all quarters: that messages came from Emanuell Emperour of Constantinople, Frederick Emperour of Rome, and William Archbyshop of Treuer in Almayne, & Duke of Saxon, and from the Earle of Flaunders, and also from the Frēch king (vpō determinatiō of great questiōs & strifes) to aske counsell and determination therof, of this k. Henry: as of one most wyse and scholemaister of all wisedome and iustice, to haue solution of their questions and doubts. Moreouer Alphonsus king of Castile, and Sauncius kyng of Nauerne, being in strife for certaine Castels, and other possessions: submitted them (of their free accorde) &