Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon he requested the duke of Britaine, that for the preseruation and maintenance of the honora|ble estate of the péeres of France, & for iustice sake he would helpe to aid him, either by waie of request, or other conuenient meanes, so as the said streict dealings and iniurious wrongs may ceasse, and the estate of the péereship may be mainteined as was requisite. He wrote likewise to the lord Iohn the infant, the lord of Biskie,The lord of Biskie. and to the ladie Marie of Biskie gouernesse of the king of Castile and Le|on, and to Iames king of Aragon, requesting them to aid him with men of warre, as well horssemen as footmen, against his aduersarie the French king, that most vniustlie went about to depriue him of his inheritance. But howsoeuer the matter went, no aid came to the earle of Kent from any part, till at length, the Frenchmen so reinforced the siege, that the towne was deliuered to the earle of Aniou, and a truce taken vpon certeine conditions, that EEBO page image 336 further talke might be had, Tho. Wals. A truce takẽ. for the conclusion of some peace.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Then were sent ouer other ambassadors, as the lord Iohn de Sullie a Frenchman borne,The lord de Sullie sent into France in ambassage. and one maister Iohn de Shordich, but the lord Sullie had so strange interteinment for some displeasure which the French king conceiued against him, that if the French quéene had not the beter intreated for him, he had lost his head; and as for the other, he had also returned home without bringing any thing to passe, of that for the which he was sent. After this, the pope sent the archbishop of Uienna,The pope sendeth am|bassadors to the kings of England and France. and the bishop of O|range, to the princes of either realme, to exhort them to some agréement, but they could doo no good, and so taking monie of the cleargie for their expenses, they returned. After this, about the twentith daie after Christmasse, there was a parlement called at Lon|don, in the which the king required to haue the aduise of the lords, how he might worke for sauing, of the duchie of Guien, sore molested by the French. Hervp|on it was concluded,Other ambas|sadors sent o|ouer into France. that the bishops of Winchester and Norwich, and Iohn de Britaine earle of Rich|mond, should go ouer as ambassadors to the French king, who comming into France, after manie argu|mentations, allegations, and excuses, made on both parts, at length receiued a certeine forme of pacifica|tion at the French kings hands, with the which the bishop of Winchester was sent backe to England, the bishop of Norwich, and the earle of Richmond re|maining there, till it might be knowen how the king of England would like thereof.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Finallie it was thought good, that the queene shuld go ouer to hir brother the French king,The quéene is sent ouer into France to talke with hir brother the French king. to confirme that treatie of peace vpon some reasonable conditi|ons. She willinglie tooke vpon hir the charge, and so with the lord Iohn Crumwell, & other foure knights, without any other great traine, taking sea, she landed in France, where of the king hir brother she was ioi|fullie receiued,A peace and concord a|gréed vpon. and finallie she being the mediatrix, it was finallie accorded, that the K. of England should giue to his eldest sonne the duchie of Aquitaine, and the countie of Pontieu, and that the French king re|ceiuing homage of him for the same, he should re|store into his hands the said countie, and the lands in Guien, for the which they were at variance, and for those countries which had beene forraied and spoiled, the earle of Aniou should fullie see him satisfied, as right did require.