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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Sir Oliuer de Ingham lieutenant of Gascoine.About the same time, one sir Oliuer de Ingham, a yoong, lustie, and valiant knight, was by the kings sonne the duke of Aquitaine (not without his fathers consent) established lord warden of the marches of Guien, the which sir Oliuer gathering an armie of hired soldiers, Spaniards, Aragons, and Gascoins, inuaded the countrie of Agenois (which the French king held yet in his hands contrarie to couenant) and recouering it from the French,Agenois reco+uered out of the French|mens hands. cleerelie reduced it to the English dominion. Moreouer, sir Iohn Otu|rum, sir Nicholas Kiriell, and sir Iohn Felton, admerals by the kings appointment, with the fléets of the east, south, and west parts, went to the sea, to appre|hend such Frenchmen as they might méet withall. They according to their commission bestirred them|selues so,Ships of Normandie taken. that within few daies they tooke six score saile of Normans, and brought them into England, wherevpon the displeasure sore increased betwixt the two realmes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king of England stood not onelie in doubt of the Frenchmen, but more of his owne people that remained in France, least they thorough helpe of the French should inuade the land, and therefore he com|manded the hauens and ports to be suerlie watched, lest some sudden inuasion might happilie be attemp|ted, for it was well vnderstood, that the queene meant not to returne, till she might bring with hir the lord Mortimer, and the other banished men, who in no wise could obteine anie fauour at the kings hands, so long as the Spensers bare rule. ¶ The pope la|menting this matter, sent two bishops into Eng|land, to reconcile the king and quéene, and also to a|gree the two kings. These bishops were reuerentlie receiued, but more than reuerence here they obteined not, and so departed as they came.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Edward vnderstanding all the quéenes drift, Anno. Reg. 20. at length sought the French kings fauour, and did so much by letters and promise of bribes with him and his councell, that queene Isabell was destitute in manner of all helpe there, so that she was glad to withdraw into Heinault,The lord Beaumont [...] H [...]inault. by the comfort of Iohn the lord Beaumont, the earle of Heinault his brother, who being then in the court of France, and lamen|ting queene Isabels case, imagined with himselfe of [...]ome marriage that might be had betwixt the yoong prince of Wales, and some of the daughters of his brother the earle of Heinault, and therevpon requi|red hir to go into Heinault,The quéene of England with hir son goeth into Heinault. Polydor. and he would be glad to attend hir. She gladlie consenting hereto, went thi|ther with him, where she was most ioifullie receiued with hir sonne, and all other of hir traine.

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