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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Anno Reg. 19. Upon the couenants the French king wrote his letters patents into England, and other letters also of safe conduct, as well for the sonne as for the king himselfe, if it should please him to come ouer him|selfe in person. Upon which choise great deliberation was had, as well at Langdon, as at Douer, diuerse thinking it best that the king should go ouer him|selfe: but the earle of Winchester and his sonne the lord chamberleine, that neither durst go ouer them|selues with the king, nor abide at home in his ab|sence, gaue contrarie counsell, and at length preuai|led so, that it was fullie determined that the kings el|dest sonne Edward should go ouer, which turned to their destruction, as it appeared afterward.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Herevpon the king made a charter of grant vnto his sonne, of the duchie of Guien, and countie of Pontieu, to haue and hold to him & his heires kings of England, with condition, that if he chanced to de|part this life whilest his father liued, those lands should returne to his father againe, so as the French king might not marrie the kings sonne at his plea|sure, nor appoint vnto him any gardians or gouer|nours.The prince of Wales is sent into France. This ordinance was made at Douer by the kings charter, with consent of the prelats and other noble men of the realme there present, the morrow after the Natiuitie of our ladie, and on the thursdaie following, the kings sonne tooke the sea, and with him Walter bishop of Excester and others in competent number, and about the feast of saint Matthew the apostle, he did homage to his vncle the French king at Bois de Vincennes, vnder certeine protestations made, as well on the one part as the other.

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