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Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the latter end of Iune there came ouer a bishop sent from pope Boniface as his Nuncio,A bishop sen [...] from the pope and diuerse other with him, to declare the order which the pope as arbitrator indifferentlie chosen betwixt the kings of England and France, for the deciding of all controuersies depending betwixt them, had gi|uen foorth & decréed, which was in effect as followeth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 1 First that king Edward being then a wid|dower should marrie the French kings sister named Margaret,The popes decrée of peace betwixt the kings of England & France. notwithstanding the degrées of consan|guinitie, for the which the pope would dispense.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 That the lord Edward the kings eldest sonne should at conuenient time take to wife the ladie Isa|bell the French kings daughter.

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