Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane time, king Richard being now at rest from troubles of warre, studied busilie to pro|uide monie, meaning to make a new voiage into the holie land.A tax. Fiue shillings of euerie plough land, as saith Matt. Westm. Therefore finding himselfe bare of treasure, by reason the French warres had emptied his cofers, he set a great tax vpon his subiects, and by that meanes, hauing recouered a great summe, he builded that notable strong castell in Normandie, vpon the banke of the riuer of Saine,Chasteau Ga|liard built. named Cha|teau Galiard: which when it was finished, he fell a iesting thereat and said;
Behold, is not this a faire daughter of one yeares growth.The soile where this castell was builded, belonged to the archbishop of Rouen, for which there followed great strife betwixt the king and the archbishop, till the pope tooke vp the matter (as before ye haue heard.)
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1 After this,
he determined to chastise certeine per|sons in Poictou, which during the warres betwixt him and the French
king, had aided the Frenchmen against him: wherevpon with an armie he passed foorth towards them, but by the
waie he was infor|med, that one Widomer a vicount in the countrie of Britaine, had found great
treasure:
Images of an emperour and of his wife & children all of fine gold. The annales of Aquitaine.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There is a towne in that countrie called Chalus Cheuerell,Chalus Che|uerell. R. Houed. into which the said vicount retired for safegard of himselfe, and then gaue the townesmen a great portion of treasure, to the end they should de|fend him and his quarell for the rest. King Richard still following him, as one that could not auoid his fatall ordinance, hasted into the confines of Limo|sin, fullie determining either to win the towne by force, if the inhabitants should make resistance, or at least wise, to get into his hands the preie, which he so earnestlie pursued. At his first approch he gaue ma|nie fierce assaults to the towne, but they within ha|uing throughlie prouided aforehand for to defend a siege, so resisted his attempts,K. Richard besiegeth Chalus. that within thrée daies after his comming, he ceassed to assaile the towne, meaning to vndermine the walles, which otherwise he perceiued would verie hardlie be gotten, conside|ring the stoutnesse of them within, and withall, the naturall strength and situation of the place it selfe.