Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This yeare, about Midsummer, or somwhat before, at Gant in Flanders,The deceasse of the lord Geffrey de Scrope, & of the bishop of Lincolne. The quéene brought to bed. died the lord Geffrey Scrope the kings iustice, and Henrie bishop of Lincolne, two cheefe councellors to the king. The quéene after hir returne into England, was this yeare brought to bed in the tower of London of a daughter named Blanch, that died yoong, and was buried at West|minster. ¶ In this meane while, during the warres betwixt France and England, the French king in fauour of Dauid king of Scotland, had sent men of warre into Scotland, vnder the conduct of sir Ar|nold Dandreghen, who was after one of the mar|shals of France, and the lord of Garrentiers, with o|ther, by whose comfort and helpe, the Scots that tooke part with king Dauid, did indeuor themselues to re|couer out of the Englishmens hands, such castels and fortresses as they held within Scotland, as in the Scotish historie ye shall find mentioned, and how a|bout this time, their king the foresaid Dauid retur|ned foorth of France into Scotland by the French kings helpe, who hauing long before concluded a league with him, thought by his friendship to trouble the king of England so at home, that he should not be at great leisure to inuade him in France.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But now to tell you what chanced of the méeting appointed at Arras.The commis|sioners that met at Arras. For the cõmissioners that shuld there treat of the peace, when the day assigned of their meeting was come, there arriued for the king of England the bishop of Lincolne, the bishop of Du|resme, the earle of Warwike, the erle of Richmond, sir Robert Dartois, sir Iohn of Heinault, otherwise called lord Beaumont, and sir Henrie of Flanders. For the French king, there came the earle of Alan|son, the duke of Burbon, the earle of Flanders, the earle of Blois, the archbishop of Sens, the bishop of Beauuois, and the bishop of Aurerre. The pope sent thither two cardinals, Naples and Cleremont; these commissioners were in treatie fiftéene daies,This truce was prolon|ged about the least of the de|collation of S. Iohn, to indure till Midsummer next follow|ing, as the ad|dition to Ad. Merimuth hath. during the which, manie matters were put forth and argued, but none concluded: for the Englishmen demanded largelie, and the Frenchmen would depart with no|thing, sauing with the countie of Pontieu, the which was giuen with quéene Isabell in marriage to the king of England. So the treatie brake, the commis|sioners departed, and nothing doone, but onelie that the truce was prolonged for two yeares further.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Thus were the wars partlie appeased in some part of France, but yet was the truce but slenderlie kept in other parts, by reason of the duke of Britaine. For whereas contention arose betwixt one Charles de Blois, and Iohn earle of Mountfort,The occas [...]o [...] of the war [...] [...] Britaine. about the right to the duchie of Britaine, as in the historie of France maie more plainelie appeare; the earle of Mount|fort, thinking that he had wrong offered him at the French kings hands, who fauoured his aduersarie Charles de Blois, alied himselfe with the king of England. And (as some write) after he had woone di|uerse cities and townes within Britaine, he came o|uer into England, and by doing homage to king Ed|ward, acknowledged to hold it of him, as of the soue|reigne lord thereof, so that he would promise to de|fend him and that duchie against his aduersaries: which the king promised him to doo. After this, the French king made such warres against this earle of Mountfort, that he was at length taken prisoner in the towne of Naunts, and committed to safe kéeping within the castell of Loure at Paris. But his wife be|ing a stout woman, and of a manlie courage, stood vp in the quarrell of hir husband, and presented a yoong sonne which she had by him, vnto such capteins and men of warre as serued hir husband, requiring them not to be dismaid with the infortunate chance of hir husbands taking; but rather like men of good sto|machs, to stand in defense of his right, sith whatsoeuer happened to him, the same remained in that yoong gentleman his sonne: meaning that although the e|nimies should deale tyrannicallie with him, & with|out regard of his noblenesse practise his ouerthrow; yet there was hope in hir son, as increase of yeares should minister strength and courage, both to be re|uenged on his fathers enimies, and to ad an inlarge|ment of glorie and renowne to his present honor by practises of his prowesse: which to be singular the séemelie symmetrie or goodlie proportion of his per|son and his iolie countenance séemed to testifie; for
Fortes creantur fortibus,Mor. lib. ca [...] 4 Ode 4. & bonisEst in iuuencis, est in equis patrumVirtus; nec imbellem ferocesProgenerant aquilae columbam.