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Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this they kept their easter at Chirebourgh from whence they came to Caen, where they met with Philip earle of Flanders,Philip earle of Flanders. who had latelie before taken on him the crosse, to go to the holie land: where king Henrie the father required him to release all such couenants as king Henrie the sonne had made vnto him in time of his last warres, which he fréelie did, and deliuered vp the writing that he had of the same king concerning those couenants, and so they confirmed vnto him the yearelie rent which he was woont to receiue out of England, before the said warres.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Polydor. Finallie, when king Henrie had visited the most part of the countrie, he came to Harflew, and caused his nauie to be decked and rigged, that he might saile ouer into England. Whilest he tarried heere till his ships were readie, he sent letters to his sonne king Henrie, willing him to repaire vnto him, and meaning that he should accompanie him into England.Enuious per|sons readie to forge matters of suspicion. Who at the first was loth to obeie his fa|thers will and pleasure herein, bicause some enui|ous persons about him had put in his head a doubt, least his father had not altogither forgot his former grudge, and that he ment at his comming into Eng|land to commit him to prison. Which was a surmize altogither void of likeliehood, considering that the fa|ther, in the whole processe of his actions betweene himselfe and his sonnes, was so farre from the desire of inflicting any corporall punishment, or leuieng a|nie fine vpon them for their misdemenour, that he alwaies sought meanes of reconcilement and paci|fication. And though this Henrie the sonne for his part deserued to be roughlie dealt withall; yet the fa|ther handled him so gentlie with courteous letters & messages, that shortlie after he came of his owne accord vnto Harflew, from whence shortlie after they sailed both togither ouer into England, landing at Portsmouth on a fridaie being the ninth of Maie,The two kings the fa|ther and the sonne returne into England. from thence they tooke their iournie streight to Lon|don, all the waies being full of people that came to see them, and to shew themselues glad and ioifull of their concord and happie arriuall. At their comming to the citie they were receiued with great reioising of the people, beseeching God long to preserue them both in health and honour.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The same yeare William de Breause hauing got a great number of Welshmen into the castell of Abergauennie,William de Breause. vnder a colourable pretext of com|munication, proponed this ordinance to be receiued of them with a corporall oth; That no traueller by the waie amongst them should beare any bow, or other vnlawfull weapon. Which oth when they refused to take,The Welshmẽ not well dealt withall. bicause they would not stand to that ordinance he condemned them all to death. This deceit he vsed towards them in reuenge of the death of his vncle Henrie of Hereford, whom vpon easter euen before, they had through treason murthered, and were now acquited with the like againe.

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