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Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ Howbeit some write that he renounc [...] his estate, first before all the lords of the land, and after caused his sonne to be crowned: but in such vncer|teine points set foorth by parciall writers, tha [...] is to be receiued as a truth, which is confirmed by the or|der and sequele of things after doone and put in pra|ctise. For true it is, that king Henrie the father (so long as his son [...]e liued) did shew himselfe [...] as fellow with his sonne in gouernment, and some|time as absolute king: and after his sons decease, he continued in the entier gouernment, so long as he liued. But to procéed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king hearing that his sonne in law was thus crowned,The French king offended. and not his daughter the wife of Henrie the sonne, was highlie offended there|with, and threatned to make war against king Hen|rie the father, except his daughter Margaret might receive the crowne also as quéene immediatlie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The cause why she was not crowned, was by reason of hir yoong yeares, and for that she had not as yet accompanied with hir husband. But K. Henrie the father understanding the French kings threats, sailed ouer into Normandie, where whilest they prepared for war on both sides, by the earnest diligence of Theobald earle of Blois An enteruiew of the kings. R. Houed. both the kings came to an enteruiew at Uendosme, where at length they were accorded, upon promise made by king Henrie, that he would cause his sonne to be crowned againe, and with him his wife the said Magaret (sic) the French kings daughter as queene.

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