REX Anglorum interea, qui ardenti desiderio sitiebat ad partes transmarinas* 1.1 hostiliter transfretare; Convocatis Consiliariis suis, fecit recita∣ri Literas sibi a Domino Papa transmissas, quaerens ab eis consili∣um, quid super tali inhibitione sibi foret agendum? Placuit itaque Praelatis et Magnatibus universis, ut differretur negotium deside∣ratum, donec constaret de Rege Francorum, qui tam difficile opus et propositum habebat, adeoque sumptuosum, quem res esset exitum habitura. Such an awfull power had the Pope then encroached over the King, Bishops, and Nobles of the Realm, that they durst not incurre his displeasure, by disobeying his Inhibition, though never so illegal and unjust.
Richard de Marisco, Bishop of Durham, dying suddenly at Peterborough Abby, as* 1.2 he was posting to London with a great Troop of Lawyers, to prosecute his suits against the Monks of Durham; thereupon they bestowed this Epitaph upon him, worthy all ambitious Prelates consideration.
| Culmina qui cupi | tis, | laudes pompasque siti | tis. |
| Est sedata si | si me pensare veli | ||
| Qui populos regi | memores super omnia si | ||
| Quod mors immi | non parcit honore poti | ||
| Vobis praeposi | similis fueram, benè sci | ||
| Quod sum vos eri | ad me currendo veni |
The Monks out of their malice to him and King John, feigned this Monkish Vi∣sion, concerning both their Torments in Hell, for oppressing the * 1.3 Cistercians, and taking their Wools from them by this Bishops advice, which I shall here insert, be∣cause it hath relation to King Johns death, poysoned by a Monk of this Order.