Compare 1577 edition: 1 Finallie, he came before Rouen,Rouen besie|ged by the French king. the principall ci|tie of all the countrie, and incamped so in sundrie pla|ces about the citie, that all the issues, entries and waies were closed vp by his armie, being so diuided into seuerall camps, that the distance was not great from one to another, making a terrible shew to them within. At length after he had prouided all things ne|cessarie for his purpose, and taken good aduise of his capteins how he should best imploie his force for the winning of this citie (in which exploit he knew the full perfection of all his passed conquests cheefelie to consist) he did manfullie assault it, and they within as manfullie defended themselues, so that he got little by the assaults and approches which he made. Where|vpon he fell in hand to practise with the citizens to win them with méed, curtesie, gentle speech, and great promises. So that in fine, they within were so mooued with such reasons as he vsed to persuade them with|all, that they made request for a truce to be had for certeine daies, within the terme whereof if no suc|cour came, they couenanted to yeeld without any further trouble.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This truce being obteined, ambassadours were sent from them of Rouen into England, to signifie vnto king Iohn the whole state of the citie, and of the truce, so that if aid came not within the time ap|pointed, the citie must néeds be deliuered into the e|nimies hands. The king hauing no armie in readi|nesse to send ouer, nor other shift to make for the succour of the citie, permitted the ambassadours to depart without comfort of any aid, who herevpon re|turning to Rouen, and reporting what they had hard, séene, and found, brought the citie into great sorrow. For whereas that citie had euer béene accustomed to glorie for the great loialtie and faithfull fidelitie which the same had euer shewed towards their liege lords and naturall princes;The great fi|delitie of the citizens of Rouen. now the citizens percei|ued manifestlie, that vnlesse they would cast awaie themselues, and lose all they had, they must of force yeeld into the hands of their enimies. Wherefore to make their true allegiance more apparant to the world, they staied the surrender as long as they had any store of vittels within the citie to releeue their fainting bodies withall:Rouẽ through famine is sur|rendred to the French king. and so in the end being van|quished with hunger, they submitted themselues to the French king. Their submission being once knowne, caused all those other townes which had not yéelded, to deliuer vp their keies vnto the French|men, as Arques, Uernueill, and others.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer the townes in Poictou, Touraine, and Aniou, which king Iohn had recouered latelie before, did now againe (being in no small feare) yeeld them|selues vnto king Philip: Matth. Paris. so that of all the townes within those countries, there remained none vnder the English obeisance, saue onelie Rochell, Tours, Niorth, and a few other. Thus Normandie which king Rollo had purchased and gotten 316 yeares before that present time, was then recouered by the French men, to the great reproch and dishonour of the Eng|lish, in this yeare 1204. About this time quéene Eli|anor the mother of king Iohn departed this life, con|sumed EEBO page image 168 rather through sorow and anguish of mind, than of any other naturall infirmitie.