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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 It was further agréed, that they should haue liber|tie to declare and pronounce their arguments and reasons before the pope, but not to haue power to de|cide and giue sentence, but onlie by waie of some bet|ter treatie and order of agréement to be made. And these commissioners were appointed to appeare be|fore the pope, afore the feast of saint Iohn Baptist next insuing, and the pope to dispatch the businesse be|fore Christmasse after, if by consent of the said no|bles, the terme were not proroged. And if it so were that the pope could make no agréement, yet should the truce indure the prefixed terme, to wit, till the feast of S. Michaell the archangell,The cond [...]|tions of the truce. and for the space of thrée yeares then next insuing, betwixt the kings of France, England and Scotland, the earle of Hei|nault and their alies, as the dukes of Brabant, and of Gelderland, also the marques of Gullikerland, the lord Beaumont, otherwise called sir Iohn de Hei|nault, and the people of Flanders, in all their lands and dominions, from the date of the charter made hereof, by all the said terme aforesaid, to be obserued, holden and kept. Also, the king of Scots, and the earle of Heinault were appointed to send certeine persons, as commissioners for them, vnto the said court of Rome.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This truce was also accorded to be kept in Bri|taine, betwixt the said kings and their adherents, in EEBO page image 365 which countrie, as well as in Guien, and other pla|ces, euerie man should remaine in possession of that which he held at the time of concluding this truce, saue that the citie of Uannes should be deliuered in|to the hands of the cardinall, to be kept by them in the popes name, during the truce, and then to dispose thereof, as should séeme to them good. Manie other articles were comprised in the charter of this truce, too long héere to rehearse, all the which were confir|med with the oths of the said dukes of Burgoigne, and Burbone, on the French kings behalfe; and of the earles of Derbie, Northampton and Salisburie, the lord Burghersts, and the lord of Mannie, for the king of England. In witnesse whereof, the said car|dinals caused the charter to be made, putting there|vnto their seales, the ninetéenth daie of Ianuarie, in the yeare 1343 in presence of diuerse prelats, and of the earles of Bullongne, Ausserre, Sancerre, Iu|ignie, and Porcien, the lord Miles de Nohers, the lord Ingram de Coucie, and the foresaid lords, Can|telowe, Cobham, and Berkeley, with manie other lords, barons, nobles, and gentlemen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 When this truce was thus confirmed, manie of the English armie returned home through France, Anno Reg. 17. so to passe ouer by the narrow seas into England, but the king himselfe,The king of England re|turneth by sea forth of Bri|taine. with a few other, taking their ships to passe by long seas, were maruellouslie tor|mented by tempest, so that their ships were scattered and driuen to take land at diuerse hauens. The dut|chesse of Britaine with hir sonne and daughter, came on land in Deuonshire. Sir Peers de Ueele, and his sonne sir Henrie Uéele, and sir Iohn Raine knights, were drowned,Shipwracke. togither with the ship in which they passed. The king escaping verie hardlie, landed at Weimouth, and on the fift day of March came to London to the queene. In the quindene of Easter, he held a parlement at Westminster,A parlement. The kings eldest sonne created prince of Wales. in which he created his eldest sonne Edward prince of Wales. In this parlement were diuerse matters talked of, and speciallie concerning wools, and of the assesse|ment of a certeine price of them, more and lesse, ac|cording to the seuerall parts of the realme, and of the customes to be made of them, to wit, thrée marks and an halfe, for euerie sacke to be transported foorth of the realme.

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