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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The cardinals, of whome ye heard before, being come as legats from pope Clement to mooue com|munication of peace, did so much in the matter, that a truce was granted betwixt the realme of England & France, for the terme of twelue moneths, or two yeares (as Froissard saith.) But the English chroni|cle and Iacobus Meir seeme to agree, Caxton. Ia. Meir. A truce. that this truce was taken but for nine moneths, though afterwards the same was proroged. To the which truce all par|ties agreed,Women hard to agrée. Britaine excepted, for the two women there would not be quieted, but still pursued the war the one against the other. After that this truce was accorded, the king with the quéene his wife returned into England, and left as capteine within Calis one sir Amerie of Pauie an Italian knight,Sir Amerie de Pauie. or (as o|ther bookes haue) he was but capteine of the castell, or of some one of the towers of that towne, which sée|meth more like to be true, than that the king should commit the whole charge of the towne vnto his go|uernement, being a stranger borne, and therefore Ia|cobus Meir is the more to be credited, that writeth how sir Amerie of Pauie was left but in charge with the castell onelie, and that the towne was com|mitted to the kéeping of the lord Iohn Beauchampe, and Lewes his brother.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But now that there was a peace thus concluded betwixt the two kings,134 [...] it seemed to the English peo|ple that the sunne brake foorth after a long cloudie season, by reason both of the great plentie of althings, Thom. [...] and remembrance of the late glorious victories: for there were few women that were housekéepers within this land, but they had some furniture of hous|hold that had béene brought to them out of France, as part of the spoile got in Caen, Calis, Carenien, or some other good towne. And beside houshold stuffe, the English maides and matrones were bedecked and trimmed vp in French womens iewels and ap|parell, so that as the French women lamented for the losse of those things, so our women reioised of the gaine. In this 22 yeare, Anno Reg [...]. Great [...] from Midsummer to Christ|masse for the more part it continuallie rained, so that there was not one day and night drie togither, by reason whereof great flouds insued, and the ground therewith was sore corrupted, and manie inconueni|ences insued, as great sickenes, and other, in somuch that in the yeare following in France the people di|ed woonderfullie in diuerse places. In Italie also, and in manie other countries,1349 Anno Reg. 13. as well in the lands of the infidels, as in christendome,A great mor|talitie. this grieuous mor|talitie reigned to the great destruction of people. ¶A|bout the end of August, the like death began in di|uerse places of England, and especiallie in London, continuing so for the space of twelue moneths fol|lowing. And vpon that insued great barrennesse, as well of the sea, as the land,Dearth. neither of them yéelding such plentie of things as before they had doone. Wher|vpon vittels and corne became scant and hard to come by.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the same time died Iohn Stretford archbi|shop of Canturburie, after whome succéeded Iohn Ufford, who liued not in that dignitie past ten mo|neths, and then followed Thomas Bredwardin, who deceassed within one yeare after his consecration, so that then Simon Islep was consecrated archbishop by pope Clement the sixt, being the 53 archbishop that had sit in that seat. Within a while after, Wil|liam archbishop of Yorke died: in whose place suc|ceeded Iohn Torsbie, being the 44 archbishop that had gouerned that church. Moreouer in this 23 yeare of king Edwards reigne,A practise [...] betraie [...] the great mortalitie in England still continuing, there was a practise in hand for recouering againe of Calis to the French kings possession. The lord Geffrie of Charnie lieng in the towne of S. Omers, did practise with sir Am [...]rie de Pauie, to be receiued into the towne of Calis by the castell, secretlie in the night season. The Italian gaue eare to the lord Geffrie his sute; and to make few words, couenanted for the summe of twentie thousand crownes to betraie the towne vnto him, in such sort as he could best deuise.

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