Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Therefore immediatlie after the deceasse of the said Charles le Beau, by ambassadours sent vnto the peeres of France, he published to them his right, requiring that they would admit him king accor|ding therevnto:King Ed|ward signifi|eth his right to the crowne of France. but his ambassadours could neuer be quietlie heard, and therefore returned home with|out anie towardlie answer, which mooued him in the end to attempt the recouerie of his lawfull inheri|tance by force, sith by law he could not preuaile, and now by aduise of his fréends to take vpon him both the title and armes of France, to signifie to the world what right he had to the same.

Ia. Mair. King Ed|ward tooke vpon him the rule & armes of the K. of France.

The Fle|mings swere fealtie to the King of Eng|land.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 About the latter end of this thirteenth yeare of K. Edwards reigne,Additions to Nic. Triuet. the mariners and sea-men of the cinque ports, getting them aboord into a number of small ships and balingers, well trimmed and ap|pointed for the purpose, passed ouer to Bullongne, where they tooke land one day in a thicke foggie wea|ther, and setting on the Base towne, they burnt nine|teene gallies, foure great ships, and to the number of twentie smaller vessels, togither with their tackle and furniture. They set fire also on the houses that stood néere to the water side, and namelie they burnt one great house, wherein laie such a number of oares, sailes, armour, and crossebowes, as might haue suf|ficed to furnish so manie men as could be well aboord in ninetéene gallies. There were manie slaine on both parts in atchiuing this enterprise, but more of the Frenchmen than of the Englishmen. About the same time the quéene of England was deliuered of his fourth sonne in the towne of Gaunt, the which was named Iohn, first created earle of Richmond, and after duke of Lancaster.Iohn of Gaunt borne. He was borne about Christmasse, in the thirteenth yere of king Edwards reigne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 When king Edward had finished his businesse with the Flemings at Gaunt, Anno Reg. 14. he left his wife quéene Philip there still in that towne, and returned him|selfe vnto Antwerpe, and shortlie after about the feast of Candlemasse tooke the sea, and came backe into England, to prouide for monie to mainteine his be|gun warres. And herevpon about the time of Lent following,A parlement. he called his high court of parlement at Westminster, in the which he asked of his commons towards his charges, for the recouerie of his right in France, the fift part of their mooueable goods, Hen. Marl. Polydor. the customes of wools for two yeares to be paid afore|hand, and the ninth sheafe of euerie mans corne. At length it was agreed,A subsidie. that the king should haue for euerie sacke of wooll fortie shillings, for euerie three hundred wooll fels fortie shillings, and for euerie last of leather fortie shillings, and for other merchandize after the rate; to begin at the feast of Easter, in this fouretéenth yeare of the kings reigne, and to indure till the feast of Pentecost then next following, and from that feast till the feast of Pentecost, then next insuing into one yeare: for which the king granted, that from the feast of Pentecost, which was then to come into one yeare, he nor his heires should not demand, assesse, nor take, nor suffer to be assessed or taken, more custome of a sacke of wooll of any Eng|lishman, but halfe a marke, and vpon the wooll fels and leather the old former custome.