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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When all things were throughlie concluded, and order taken in what sort the assurances of this accord should passe, the king of Scots returned into the in|ner parts of his realme, and the king of England likewise returned to London. At the same time also,The Welsh|men stirre coles. the Welshmen were verie busie: for hearing that the kings of England and Scotland were agreed, they doubted least all the burthen of the warre would be turned against them. Wherefore (as it were to pre|uent the matter) they began to wast the English con|fines. The king aduertised thereof, sent Hubert Fitz Matthew with thrée hundreth knights or men of armes to defend the English marshes against the EEBO page image 236 Welshmen, that made dailie war against those that dwelled on the marshes, and namelie against the erle of Herford, which chéeflie occasioned this warre, by deteining the land which apperteined vnto the wife of prince Dauid, as in the right of hir purpartie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Matth. Paris. Wherevpon when the Welshmen vnderstood that the king had broken vp his armie and was returned to London, they inuaded their enimies, namelie the said earle of Herfords men and the Mortimers, slea|ing and cutting in péeces two valiant and noble knights, and maiming the third, they slue and ouer|threw of the footbands about an hundred, so that all the English armie was disordered, and the Welsh|men with victorie returned to their places of refuge. Which when the foresaid Hubert Fitz Matthew vn|derstood, the morrow after he made foorth with his thrée hundred waged men of armes, in hope to hem in and take the Welshmen at aduantage: but he was preuented and by them distressed, in so much that he was constreined with losse of men and horsses to returne to his holds, and scarse could be suffered to remaine there in safetie. This yeare Rafe Neuill bi|shop of Cicester and chancellour of England depar|ted this life.The deceasse of the bishop of Cicester.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Anno. Reg. 29. P. V. In the 29 yeare of his reigne, king Henrie hauing spent much treasure with the great preparation of wars which he had taken in hand against the Scots, and also bicause he was constreined to be at further charges for the Welsh wars, he called a parlement to begin on the third daie of Nouember, in the which he demanded a great reliefe of monie,A subsidie of the richer sort. but the same being generallie denied of all men, he exacted it in particular of the richer sort of his subiects, Matth. Paris. & amongst other he caused the citizens of London to giue vnto him 15 hundred marks for a fine,The citizens of London. bicause they had receiued a banished man, one Walter Bukerell into their citie, contrarie to the law and order: but this they denied, affirming that his brother had got his pardon, as by the kings owne letters patents they could prooue, but they were answered, that the king was vnder age when these letters were purchased, and therefore were of none effect.The sene|shall of Gas|coine vanqui|shed the king of Nauarre. Anno, 1242. as Matt. West. saith, & Matth. Paris. About the same time, sir Nicholas de Molis or Mules seneshall of Gascoigne, hauing warres against the king of Na|uarre, got the victorie in battell. ¶ About the midst of Nouember, great thunder and lightning chanced, with a maruellous vntemperat season for the space of 15 daies togither, as a signe of some misfortune to succeed.

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