Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king hearing of king Richards arri|uall, and that he was comming with a great power to the succour of them within Uernueil, and was alreadie incamped néere to the towne of the Eagle,The French king raiseth his siege from Uernueil. he plucked vp his tents in the night before Whitsun|daie, and leauing the siege, departed from thence, and tooke a certeine small fortresse by the waie as he marched, wherein he left a few souldiers to keepe it to his vse. King Richard herewith entring into the French dominions, sent three bands of souldiers to|wards Uale de Ruell, and went himselfe vnto Lo|ches, and besieging that castell wan it within a short time. The Normans also recouered the citie of Eu|reux out of the French mens hands, N. Triuet. but those that were sent vnto Ruell, and had besieged the castell there an eight daies without anie gaine, hearing that the French king was comming towards them, departed thence, & came backe to the kings campe, wherevpon the French king comming to Ruell ra|ced it to the ground, bicause his enimie should not at anie time in winning it nestle there to the further damage of the countrie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 About the same time Rog. Houed. Robert earle of Leicester is|suing foorth of Rouen in hope to worke some feat to the damage of the Frenchmen, as he rode somewhat vnaduisedlie in the lands of Hugh Gourney,The earle of Leicester ta|ken prisoner. fell within danger of his enimies, who tooke him priso|ner, and a few other that were in his companie. The French king after this came with his armie into the coasts of Touraine, and marched neere Uandosine, and there incamped, whereof king Richard being ad|uertised, drew néere to Uandosme, meaning to as|saile the French king in his campe, who hauing knowledge thereof dislodged with his armie earlie in the morning, and fled awaie (to his great disho|nour) in all hast possible. The king of England with his people following in chase of the French men slue manie, and tooke a great number of prisoners, a|mongst whom was the French kings chéefe treasu|rer. Also the Englishmen tooke manie wagons and sumpters laden with crossebowes, armour, plate, ap|parell, and the furniture of the French kings chapell. This chanced about 37 daies after his fléeing in the night from Uernueil, of which two flights of the French king (in maner as ye haue heard) we find these verses written:

Gallia fugisti bis, & hoc sub rege Philippo,

Nec sunt sub modio facta pudenda tuo.

Vernolium sumit testem fuga prima, secunda

Vindocinum, noctem prima, secunda diem.

Nocte fugam primam rapuisti manè secundam,

Prima metus vitio, ví secunda fuit.

France, twice thou fledst, while Philip reignd,

the world dooth know thy shame,

For Vernueil witnesse beares of th'one,

next Vandosme knowes the same.

EEBO page image 145The first by night, the next by day,

thy heart and force doo showe,

That first through feare, and next by force,

was wrought thine ouerthrowe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Geffrey de Rancon. The earle of Engolesme. The king of Nauars bro|ther.In this meane while certeine rebels in Guien, as the lord Geffrey de Rancin or Rancon, and the earle of Engolesme with their complices, vpon con|fidence of the French kings assistance, sore disquie|ted the countrie. Howbeit, the sonne of the king of Nauarre, and brother to Berengaria the quéene of England, entring into Guien with an armie, wa|sted the lands of both those rebels, till he was called home by reason of his fathers death which chanced a|bout the same time. Shortlie after Geffrey Rancin died, Anno Reg. 6. and king Richard comming into his countrie, wan the strong castell of Tailleburge by surrender, which apperteined to the same Geffrey with others, and then going against the other rebels, he wan the citie of Engolesme from him by force of assault.Engolesme woone. All which time the French king stirred not, by reason that there was some communication in hand for a truce to be taken betwixt him and king Richard, which by mediation of certeine bishops was shortlie after concluded, Polydor. Wil. Paruus. to endure for twelue moneths. The bishop of Elie was chéefe commissioner for the king of England, and this truce was accorded about Lammas, and serued to little purpose, except to giue libertie to either prince to breath a little, and in the meane time to prouide themselues of men, Polydor. muniti|on, ships & monie, that immediatlie after the terme was expired, they might with greater force returne to the field againe, for they had not onelie a like de|sire to follow the warres, but also vsed a like meane and practise to leuie monie.