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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king re|turneth into England.Then hauing ordered his businesse for that time in Scotland, he returned into England, and about midlent called a parlement at London. Also this yéere pope Boniface vpon displeasure conceiued a|gainst the French king,The pope ex|horteth the K. of England to make war a|gainst Frãce. sent vnto king Edward, exhorting him to make warres against the same French king, and to persuade him the more easilie therevnto, he promised him great aid: but the king of England hauing prooued the said pope, not the surest man in friendship towards him, forbare to attempt anie forceable exploit against the French king, trusting by some other meanes to recouer his right.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This yeere Humfrey Bohun earle of Hereford departed out of this life,The deceasse of the earle of Hereford. after whome succeeded his sonne Humfrey, who afterwards maried the kings daughter, Elizabeth countesse of Holland, after that hir first husband was dead. Tournies, Re. Tur. Tournies prohibited. iustes, barri|ers, and other warlike exercises, which yoong lords and gentlemen had appointed to exercise for their pa|stime in diuerse parts of the realme, were forbidden by the kings proclamations sent downe to be pub|lished by the shirifs in euerie countie abroad in the realme: the teste of the writ was from Westmin|ster the sixteenth of Iulie. ¶ The citizens of Bur|deaux could not beare the yoke of the French bon|dage, and therefore this yéere about Christmasse ex|pelled them out of their citie. ¶ Shortlie after the French king doubting least the king of England, by the setting on of the pope, should make warres a|gainst him for wrongfull deteining of Gascoine, to purchase his fauor,Townes re|stored to the k. in Gascoine. restored to him all that which he held in Gascoine, and so then they of Burdeaux also submitted themselues to the king of England of their owne accord.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now after that the truce with the Scots was expired, which tooke end at the feast of All saints last past, the king sent the lord Iohn Segraue, Polydor. The lord Se|graue sẽt with an armie into Scotland. a right valiant knight (but not so circumspect in his gouern|ment as was necessarie) with a great armie into Scotland, to haue the rule of the land as lord war|den of the same: with him was ioined also Rafe Confreie, treasurer of the armie. These two cap|teins comming to the borders, Abington. Polydor. and hearing that the Scotishmen alreadie were in armes, they entered into Scotland, and in order of battell passed foorth to Edenburgh, and hearing nothing of their eni|mies which kept them still in the mounteins, they de|uided their armie into three seuerall battels, two of the which came behind the fore ward vnder the lea|ding of the said Rafe Confreie, the third (that is to say) the fore ward, the lord Segraue led himselfe, in such order that there was the distance of foure miles betwixt their lodgings. This they did to be the more plentiouslie serued of vittels.

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