whereto he is inclined, note wherein he delighteth; the same is the
practise of the people: in consideration whereof the mightie ones of the
world haue speciall cause to haue an eie to their course of life, & to
set caueats before their actions, that the people may in them sée none
but good signes of commendable & vertuous imitation. For
[Sidenote: _Pal. in suo sag._]
---- regis imago
Vulgus, & ad mores accedere principis optat.
Qualis enim rex est talis quoque subditus illi
Esse solet populus, studijsque tenetur ijsdem.

[Sidenote: A councell at Pipewell.] Shortlie after, to wit, the 15. day
of September, a councell was holden at Pipewell, where the bishops and
abbats being assembled, there were in presence of the king and of the
archbishop of Canturburie elected certeine bishops and abbats to such
places as then were vacant: and amongst other, William de Longchampe the
kings chancellor was elected to the sée of Elie, [Sidenote: _Wil.
Paruus._] Geffrey the kings bastard brother vnto the archbishoprike of
Yorke, who was the 32. in number that had gouerned the same, Geffrey de
Lucie to Winchester, one Hubert Walter to Salisburie, and Richard
archdeacon of Elie, and the kings treasurer to the see of London. The
abbeies that were prouided of abbats were these, Glastenburie,
Shirborne, Persore and Feuersham. [Sidenote: The bishop of Whitherne
consecrated. _Rog. Houed._] In like manner, John the elect of Whitherne
was consecrated bishop of that see, by the hands of the archbishop of
Dublin. Also in this councell the king ordeined Hugh bishop of Durham,
and William Mandeuille earle of Albemarle, lord chéefe iustices of
England, hauing deposed Ranulfe de Glanuille from that roome.

Moreouer, the king being thus established in the estate of the kingdome,