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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 For whereas they had alreadie made the temporal|tie bare with often paiments,Great exac|tions. and calling them foorth to serue personallie in the warres, they thought best now to fetch a fleece from the spiritualtie and church|men, considering also that they had béene by reason of their immunitie more gentlie dealt with, and not appointed to serue themselues in any maner of wise.The colour pretended in leuieng of mo|nie. To colour this exaction which they knew would be euill taken of manie, they bruted abroad, that they le|uied this monie vpon purpose, to send it into the ho|lie land, towards the paiment of the christian souldi|ers, which remained there vpon the defense of those townes, which yet the Saracens had not conquered. King Richard therfore comming to Towrs in Tou|raine, required a great summe of monie of the clear|gie in those parts, and the like request he made through out all those his dominions, on that further side of the sea. King Philip for his part demanded likewise intollerable tithes and duties of all the churchmen in his territories, and those that had the gathering of that monie serued their owne turne, in dealing most streightlie with sillie préests, making them to paie what they thought good, though some|time beyond the bounds of equitie and reason.